15.04.2011                      11.Nisan, 5771

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Ethiopian immigrants set to celebrate their first Seder

Some 100 recently-arrived Ethiopians gather in J'lem for a mock Seder to learn, understand the religious, cultural traditions of the festival of freedom.

Gearing up to spend their first-ever Pessah in the Land of Israel, some 100 recently arrived Ethiopian immigrants gathered at the Jewish Agency-run absorption center in Mevaseret Zion, west of Jerusalem, on Thursday for a “mock” Seder to learn and understand some of the religious and cultural traditions of the festival of freedom.
“I feel so happy that I am here with all my people in Israel,” said Dr. Tefera Kefale, who made aliya from Addis Ababa last month with his wife and seven-year-old daughter….