Youth
Celebrating Sigd at King David Victory Park
Sigd, a celebration of the Ethiopian Jewish community known as “Beta Israel”, is held annually on 29 Cheshvan (7 November). The festival celebrates the renewal of the covenant between the Jewish people, G-d, and the Torah. For centuries, it also marked the Ethiopian Jewish community’s belief that they would return to Jerusalem. Today, because most members of the community have made aliyah to Israel, it is an opportunity to give thanks for that dream becoming a reality.
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Ethiopian Jews were first rescued and airlifted to Israel by the Israeli government in two undercover missions in 1984 and 1991. Aliyot from the community have continued to trickle into the country to this day. The day is celebrated with prayer and traditional food, crafts, music, and dance. King David Victory Park High School celebrated the festival in a special assembly on Friday, 2 November 2018.