Ethiopian Jews' Memorial Day w/ Sara Baruch artwork
The Sod's Law Podcast

Ethiopian Jews' Memorial Day w/ Sara Baruch

  • E128
  • 1:13:37
  • May 30th 2022

This week I’m talking to Sara Baruch

Sara is an Ethiopian Jew who was raised in Israel, after her parents travelled across East Africa & the Middle East over a period of years to arrive there, with a journey hampered by famine, forced displacement, loss of friends and family members.

This is not just Sara’s story, but her family’s too.

We’re releasing this episode today for a reason. Yesterday, 29th May 2022, is a national holiday in Israel, called Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day), that commemorates both the reunifications of Jerusalem after the Six Day War of 1967.

On Yom Yerushalayim, another national holiday is held; Ethiopian Jew’s Memorial Day, created in around 2004 to commemorate the Ethiopian Jews who perished on their journey to Israel in the various mass exoduses from 1984 onwards.

Sara is in the UK as an emissary for both the UJIA and the Jewish Agency, so thank you to those organisations for letting us record in their North Manchester offices!

ujia.org

jewishagency.org

--

This episode is sponsored by MANSCAPED.

MANSCAPED are the world’s champions in men’s below-the-waist grooming - get 20% off AND free shipping worldwide at manscaped.com using the promo code SODSPOD - Your balls will thank you!

All episodes are now being released as video, exclusively on the SodsPod YouTube channel - subscribe here - youtube.com/c/TheSodsLawPodcast

See podcast.co/privacy for privacy information.

The Sod's Law Podcast

Welcome to The Sod’s Law Podcast

Ordinary People, Extraordinary Stories.

All episodes are available anywhere you get podcasts and SodsPod.com