Do you remember the trip of the Ethiopian Dance Group to Jerusalem in last month's e-newsletter (see below)? Well, the father of the Bar Mitzvah boy at whose party the girls danced, has just given us a wonderful donation to enable us to outfit the girls in 3 different costumes each - what a double Bar Mitzvah Mitzvah!




Reuven Overto celebrated his barmitzvah this month in Jerusalem with his family and many friends who came especially from France for the event. They invited the ESRA Ethiopian Dance Group from Neot Shaked to join in the simcha. The dancers gave a wonderful show and then joined in a tour of Jerusalem, complements of the family.
The photograph shows the dance teacher, Almaz Mamoya, and Reuven standing behind the girls.

A few months ago we reported on a group of French teenagers who came to join in the activities at the Neot Shaked Matnas in Netanya.The girls danced for them when they were here in summer and showed them how to do the dances. The parents of one of those kids then had the wonderful idea of inviting the Dance Group to their son's Barmitzvah