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Nov 10, 2025, 12:11 AM

When Israel Hesitates, We Build: Why SSEJ Laid a Cornerstone in Gondar

On October 15, guarded by dozens of Ethiopian soldiers and joined by Gondar’s deputy mayor, we laid the cornerstone for a new Jewish compound in Gondar: a school, nutrition center, beit midrash, and gathering place. It was not a...

Sep 18, 2020, 9:00 AM

Hillel to Orwell: Israel Distorts the Golden Rule

It was recently reported that Israel plans to bring 2,000 Ethiopian Jews to the Jewish Homeland. This is both too little and too late and yet another demonstration of Israel’s failure to adhere to basic Jewish morality. I am...

Apr 8, 2020, 8:10 PM

Ethiopian Jews: The Jews Most Vulnerable to Coronavirus

When Covid-19 first appeared, my mother established a procedure for entering our Atlanta home. We had to drop everything we were holding and wash our hands for 20 seconds. As a rebellious teenager, I groaned and complained and likely didn’t...

Jul 19, 2018, 3:58 AM

Wine-ing: about Racism?

On the 10th, of November, 1975, the United Nations "determined that Zionism is a form of racism and racial discrimination". The resolution was revoked in 1991 due primarily to the efforts of US Ambassador to the United Nations Daniel...

Jan 16, 2018, 6:40 AM

Life Lessons Learned In Gondar Ethiopia

After seventeen hours in a cramped plane I finally arrived in Gondar Ethiopia. My trip was a smorgasbord of emotions, a sprinkle of joy with a large helping of sorrow. There were happy times, sad times, and some moments...

Jul 24, 2017, 7:26 AM

Shouldn’t We Feed the Hungry Children?

My name is Micah Feit Mann. I am 13-years-old and live in St Louis, Missouri. Two weeks ago, I celebrated my bar mitzvah in Gondar, Ethiopia. I met many Ethiopian Jews both in Gondar and in Addis Ababa, the capital,...

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Micah Feit Mann is a Columbia University student from Atlanta, GA. He visited the Jewish communities of Gondar and Addis Ababa four times.