Activists for community have criticized the government for failing to bring all remaining members of the Falash Mura in Ethiopia to Israel, who number at least another 5,500.
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The Ethiopian immigrants touched down on Friday despite the underlying circumstances.
To honor her living legacy and visionary work alongside her husbands, a virtual event was organized by the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity and the WIZO.
The government decided in 2015 to help the last remaining Jews in Ethiopia make aliyah.
Activists are now also concerned that a military operation by the Ethiopian government in the northern province of Tigray could endanger the Falash Mura community in the northern city of Gondar.
The demonstration comes on the fifth anniversary of what they claim is the Netanyahu government's failure to bring a cohort of Ethiopian Jews to Israel.
Sigdiada started in 2012, and this year it marks its ninth edition.
Stories of the Ethiopian Aliyah are covered with 17 members of the community recounting their harrowing experience as well.
Sigd is being observed in a scaled-down fashion this year.
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