Sharon Zewde Shalom

About The Author

Rabbi Dr. Sharon Zewde Shalom is an Ethiopian-born Israeli scholar, rabbi, and author. A child refugee of “Operation Brothers”—a covert 1980s mission to rescue Ethiopian Jews via Sudan—he now directs the International Center for the Study of Ethiopian Jewry at Ono Academic College. He is a leading voice on Beta Israel heritage, Jewish diversity, and religious pluralism.

 

Books by Sharon Zewde Shalom

Day of Delight

A Jewish Sabbath in Ethiopia

By Maxine Rose Schur
Afterword by Sharon Zewde Shalom / Illustrated by Brian Pinkney
Experience the beauty of Shabbat through the eyes of a young boy in a traditional Ethiopian Jewish village—an evocative tribute to family, faith, and a vanishing way of life.

Before the sun rises over the Ethiopian mountains, Senvetu and his family begin preparations for the most sp...
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