Shula Mola

Shula Mola

Shula Mola is an Israeli civil and human rights activist and educator and a 2021-2022 postdoctoral fellow at the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies at Brandeis University.
Posted inFirst Person, Sigd, Religion, Holidays, Jewish Life, Opinion

Sigd is not just a holiday for Ethiopian Jews. It’s a declaration that Israel sees us.

Shula Mola by Shula Mola and JTA

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 celebrating our connection to Jerusalem. After I moved to Israel in 1984, I fell in love with the holiday all […]