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Ethiopian Jewish holiday Sigd commemorated at NYC City Hall for the first time

JL;DR SUMMARY New York City celebrated the Ethiopian Jewish holiday of Sigd for the first time at City Hall, marking a significant milestone in promoting Jewish diversity and combating antisemitism. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish HolidaysJerusalemNew York CityEthiopian JewsJewish DiversityBeta IsraelSigdBechol Lashon

Places mentioned

Gondar, Amhara, Ethiopia
"After she was born during the Ethiopian civil war, her family fled their home in Gondar on foot when she was a baby, and headed to Israel in the early 1990s, where she faced discrimination."
Jerusalem, Israel
"Celebrated 50 days after Yom Kippur, the holiday celebrates Ethiopian Jews connection to Jerusalem and their acceptance of the Torah."
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
"Like many of the Ethiopian Jews living in New York, Eyob-Serrette came to the city via Israel though she had a stop in Montreal, which has its own substantial Ethiopian Jewish community."
New York City, New York, United States
"As an adult, after she settled in New York City, she came to realize that her history had value."

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