ORIT JEWISH LEARNING
Ethiopian Jewish Tradition for Learners of All Backgrounds
Welcome to Orit Jewish Learning, an independent educational initiative dedicated to bringing Beta Israel (Ethiopian Jewish) traditions, holidays, and religious life into contemporary Jewish learning spaces.
A Living Tradition…
Beta Israel (Ethiopian Jewish)
tradition is a longstanding and continuous part of the Jewish world, yet it is often absent from mainstream Jewish education or presented only in fragments, disconnected from regional context and history.
Orit Jewish Learning exists to address this gap.
All resources center Beta Israel religious life, holidays,
and interpretive traditions as living Judaism, taught with
context and integrity from within the community itself by Orit Jewish Learning Founder and Lead Instructor, Tammy Metasabiya Habteyes. Rather than treating Ethiopian Jewish tradition as an add-on or curiosity, Orit honors it as a complete and coherent part of the global Jewish story.
Orit showcases Beta Israel (Ethiopian Jewish) tradition as it has been lived and passed down across generations through study, storytelling, and communal learning.
Connect with Tammy, Lead Instructor at Orit Jewish Learning
Orit partners with a range of educators and learning communities, including:
Jewish educators, and teachers,
synagogues and lay leaders.
Adult learners, study groups, Social justice programs
Students and young adult learners (gap year programs)
Ways to Learn with Orit
Orit Jewish Learning offers structured learning experiences that center Ethiopian Jewish (Beta Israel) tradition as living Judaism. Sessions are available as single workshops or multi-part series and explore: Sigd, holiday practice, texts from the Orit, and the historical foundations of Beta Israel religious life. Programs are designed for classrooms, synagogues, and community spaces seeking thoughtful and contextual learning.
Foundational Learning
Introductory sessions that provide historical context and essential background on Ethiopian Jewish (Beta Israel) tradition.
Ideal for: community programs, adult education, 20s–30s cohorts, speaker series, learning events and more.
Holiday Programs
Structured learning connected to the Jewish calendar, including Sigd and Shabbat, with exploration of holiday practices and themes.
Ideal for: Synagogue holiday programming, adult education cohorts, Torah study groups, day school classrooms, and seasonal community learning initiatives.
Custom Programs
Programs tailored to your community’s learning goals, and audience.
Ideal for torah study, adult and youth cohorts, young adults, holiday programming and more.
Connect with Orit Jewish Learning!
Orit Jewish Learning welcomes questions and requests from educators, synagogues, community leaders, and independent learners interested in bringing Beta Israel (Ethiopian Jewish) tradition into their learning spaces!
Whether you’re planning a program, exploring curriculum options, or simply have a question, you’re invited to reach out. Fill out some info and we will be in touch shortly!
