| Sirak M. Sabahat | |
|---|---|
| Born | Sirak M. Sabahat, סירק מ. סבהאט December 5, 1981 (1981-12-05) (age 28) Wanita, Ethiopia |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2006–present |
Sirak M. Sabahat (Hebrew: סירק מ. סבהאט; born December 5, 1981) is an Israeli actor. He is known for his role in the film Va, vis et deviens.
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Sabahat was born in the village of Walita, in Southern Ethiopia, the first-born of four brothers. He is an Ethiopian Jew.[1] In 1991, he and his family left Awassa (south of Ethiopia) for Israel. They walked hundreds of kilometers to Addis Ababa, and lost many friends and relatives during the trip. They waited in the capital city for 5 months before being sent to Israel during an operation called "Operation Solomon"[1] in which 50,000 Ethiopian Jews were brought to Israel in 3 days.[2] For eight months, they stayed in Kiryat Shmona without contact with the Israeli population, because the government thought they needed an adaptation period first. Then they were moved to live in caravans near Nahariya, and in 1995 they finally arrived in Ramla.
Sirak went to a boarding school near Kfar Sava. He received his Diploma in 1999, which was followed by military service. Then he studied acting in the University of Haifa, where he became the head of the Ethiopian Students Association.
"When I saw white people, I was so in shock because no one told me there was white Jews."
"The thing you know most about, is the thing you know nothing about."
“In Ethiopia we were called Jews. In Israel we were called Ethiopians.”
"We thought they Might have a skin disease[seeing white Jews for the first time]".
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