Beta Buna is an Orit Jewish Learning audio project hosted by Tammy Metasabiya Habteyes — Ethiopian Jew, educator, storyteller, and founder of Orit Jewish Learning. Structured like the traditional Ethiopian coffee ceremony, each episode unfolds in three pours: Abol, Tona, and Baraka. Interested in contributing to Beta Buna? Reach out to Tammy at t.habteyes@gmail.com
Episode 1: What does a coffee ceremony have to do with Jewish history? Everything.
In this inaugural episode, Tammy shares the "why" behind Orit Jewish Learning — including the questions she's been asked that revealed just how wide the gap in Jewish education really is. Because Beta Israel tradition is not a footnote. It is living Judaism. And it's time we talked about it.
Kes be kes enkulal bereglu yehed. Slowly, slowly, the egg will walk on its own feet.