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| Ethiopian born students entertain SELAH immigrants with the richness of their cultural heritage. |
In a spontaneous gesture of Israeli unity the KEDMA students at Nitzana, new immigrants from Ethiopia, hosted their peers from SELAH, newcomers from the former Soviet Union. They arranged for them an evening of traditional Ethiopian culture including Ethiopian music, dancing and food.
"We all come from very different backgrounds," explained Malkam Nugasi, 20, who reached Israel last year from Ethiopia's Tigre province. "But today we are all Israelis. We have a common ancestry but it is difficult to communicate as both we Ethiopians and the SELAH Science Russian speakers are still getting to grips with Hebrew. But our fate is now together and this event symbolized our desire for unity."
Nitzana typifies the cultural mosaic of Israeli society which comprises new immigrants, veteran Israelis, minorities living together in harmony with all their different heritages.
Nitzana News Bulletin: June 2003
The Nitzana Educational Community is Partnered with the Allied Jewish Federation of Colorado.
Tammuz 5763 - June 2003