In the 1997 Seinfeld episode “The Strike,” George Castanza is embarrassed when his father Frank shamelessly promotes Festivus, a December 23 celebration that Frank created years ago in reaction to the ...

I have rarely missed the annual Sigd event in Jerusalem. When I lived in Ethiopia, the annual holiday was a fixture of the Jewish community, taking place 50 days after Yom Kippur each year and ...

(JTA) — For years, the 50th day after Yom Kippur has been marked by the pilgrimage of hundreds of Ethiopian Jews dressed in white and carrying colorful umbrellas to Jerusalem to celebrate Sigd. This ...

Ethiopian Jews take part in a prayer of the Sigd holiday on the Armon Hanatziv Promenade overlooking Jerusalem on November 13, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90) JTA — For years, the 50th day after Yom ...

For many Jews, the evening of Nov. 22 is just a quiet Tuesday night, but for Ethiopian Jews in Israel and the Diaspora, Nov. 22 is the beginning of Sigd, a pilgrimage holiday holy to the Beta Israel ...

Ethiopian Airlines announced at World Travel Market today (WTM) the launch of Ethiopian Holidays. Ethiopian Holidays is a new package of special inclusive tours tailored to travellers’ interests that ...

In their homeland of Ethiopia, they marked their unique Jewish holiday, Sigd, on a nearby mountain. In their spiritual homeland, Israel, they celebrate Sigd on the mountainside in Jerusalem. Last week ...

PHOTO: In Gondar, the castle complex of Emperor Fasilidas, who reigned in Ethiopia from 1632 to 1667. (photo by David Cogswell) Ethiopian Airlines is introducing a new tour package brand in North ...

Thousands attended the central ceremony for the holiday of Sigd in Jerusalem on Thursday morning. The day is normally celebrated on the 29th of the Hebrew month of Cheshvan, 50 days after Yom Kippur, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Owner of Queen Sheba Restaurant Zion Taddese ...