A small but vibrant community of Jews lives in Gondar, Ethiopia. They worship daily at their synagogue, run by the Hatikva Beta Israel Religious Organisation. The synagogue, made of corrugated iron, houses the shabbat services as well as classes in Hebrew for children and the rehearsals of a folk group. They observe a strict kosher diet, not eating meat because the community does not have a butcher certified in orthodox Jewish laws and practices.

After two waves of immigration - Operations Moses in 1984 and Salomon in 1991 when they were airlifted out of their country of birth, some 120.000 Ethiopian...