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Nov 3, 2021, 11:46 PM

Sigd is not just a holiday for Ethiopian Jews. It means Israel sees us.

Israeli women from the Ethiopian Jewish community pray during the Sigd holiday from a hilltop overlooking the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, Israel, Nov. 27, 2019. (Gali Tibbon/AFP via Getty Images)

Over time I realized there is no full integration without recognition, no equality without belonging. The fight for Sigd was an integral part of our struggle.

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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.