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20121031 President Peres opens Beta-Israel’s Sigd festivities

President Peres opens the Sigd festivities, hosting children and dignitaries from the Jewish Ethiopian community, Beta-Israel, at his residence. The Sigd symbolizes Beta-Israel’s yearning for Jerusalem while living in seclusion for over 1,000 years. Jerusalem, Israel. 31-Oct-2012.

Israeli President Shimon Peres greets, hugs and kisses, Tigist Bito, a 15-year-old athlete and Rio Olympic hopeful who was moderately injured when the driver of an ATV struck her near Kibbutz Givat Brenner in central Israel in September 2012. Jerusalem, Israel. 31-Oct-2012.<br />
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President Peres opens the Sigd festivities, hosting children and dignitaries from the Jewish Ethiopian community, Beta-Israel, at his residence. The Sigd symbolizes Beta-Israel’s yearning for Jerusalem while living in seclusion for over 1,000 years.

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Israeli President Shimon Peres greets, hugs and kisses, Tigist Bito, a 15-year-old athlete and Rio Olympic hopeful who was moderately injured when the driver of an ATV struck her near Kibbutz Givat Brenner in central Israel in September 2012. Jerusalem, Israel. 31-Oct-2012.

President Peres opens the Sigd festivities, hosting children and dignitaries from the Jewish Ethiopian community, Beta-Israel, at his residence. The Sigd symbolizes Beta-Israel’s yearning for Jerusalem while living in seclusion for over 1,000 years.

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