Shavu Banim, is an organization that helps meet the special cultural, educational, and spiritual needs of the Ethiopian Jewish community in Beersheva, helps to integrate Ethiopian Jews into Israeli society, and helps the new generation of Ethiopian-Israeli Jews connect to their unique heritage. Our physical complex, which features a synagogue, mikveh, and community center, has become like a second home to many from the Ethiopian community in Beersheva. The Ethiopian community, especially, has had a particularly difficult time integrating. Education, the key to social mobility, is a big factor. A relatively high percentage of Ethiopian immigrants arrive in Israel illiterate, which makes every task associated with integration into society more difficult -including learning Hebrew and finding meaningful employment.