 Synagogue and residential building in Wolleka | ||
| Woolka ·ወለቃ·וולקה | ||
| region | Amhara | |
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Woolka, also Weleka, Woleka, Wool qa, is a village northeast of Gondar in the Amhara region in Northern Ethiopia. On the one hand, it is the main settlement area of the Beta Israel, the Ethiopian Jews, also called Falascha, and on the other hand the location of the Plowshare Womens Crafts Training Center to support single mothers.
background
Nowadays only a handful of Jews live here. The ceramics for which they were known are only half-heartedly made for tourists.
getting there
mobility
Tourist Attractions
- synagogue. In addition to the now abandoned synagogue, some of the former houses can still be visited.
- 1 Plowshare Womens Crafts Training Center (Single Mother Project). The project provides single women with a craft training course.(12 ° 38 '32 "N.37 ° 28 ′ 35 ″ E)
activities
shop
kitchen
accommodation
health
Practical advice
trips
literature
- : Across Abyssinia: my second trip to the Falaschas. Berlin: Poppelauer, 1910.
- : Local history of Ethiopia : Wel Wel - Wemetu. Uppsala: The Nordic Africa Institute, 2005, Pp. 9-11. Internet publication.
