A community center which serves Israel’s second-largest community of Ethiopian Jews is set to get a much-needed upgrade, with plans to turn it into a state-of-the-art educational and heritage center, thanks to the generosity of Jewish National Fund–USA partners (donors).
Shavu Banim [The Sons Shall Return (to their borders)] Center was built for the 13,000-strong community by the Be’er Sheva Municipality in 1992, with the view for it to become their spiritual and cultural home. Over the years, despite the importance of the center, it has fallen into disrepair, and there has been no funding to do much needed renovations for the past 32 years.
Earlier this year, the municipality began to renovate, however, the plan ran into issues. This is where Jewish National Fund-USA came into the picture. Over the years, the organization has developed a relationship based on friendship and mutual collaboration with the young educator and trailblazer, Naftali Aklum, himself a member of the Beer Sheva Ethiopian Jewish community and a Jerusalem Post 25 Young ViZionaries awardee, who lobbies for their rights and shares their incredible culture to audiences across the world.
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