A Porter molds an earthen water jug, Ethiopia
Ethiopian Jews, 1984-85
Joan Roth documented the Ethiopian Jewish community prior to its migration to Israel in the 1980s. Her seminal work highlights a culture that existed for thousands of years. She continues to be involved with and documented the Ethiopian Jewish community now settled in Israel. Her work has been widely exhibited.
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Abeba Abebe was the Rebbetzin (rabbi’s wife) of the VIllage Waleka in Gondar Ethiopia
Women carry stones on their heads in penitential ritual at the Sigd ceremony, a unique holiday of the Ethiopian Jewish community in Ambober, Ethiopia
A woman and her goats awaits the onset of the Sabbath, Waleka in Gondar Ethiopia
A recent Aliya to Israel from Ethiopia
Bayush Mekuanent, a blind woman with her son who I met again in Israel and can now see
A woman bakes Challah for Dabbo (Ethiopian Challah) in her outside kitchen for Shabb
A mother and four daughters at a holiday celebration in Jerusalem
Mother and daughter at Kotel, Western Wall, Jerusalem