All four youths are 17 and 11th-graders at Orthodox religious schools. Orah Kassai, wearing African rings that glimmered, lives in the city of Beersheva. Israeli born, she compared traditions between Ethiopian and Israeli Jews. At meals, the father eats first, and with his permission, everyone else eats as well. Levy noted the differences between American and Israeli high schools.
Schools here have no religion, far different from our case.
Rami Yitzchak, whom others described as the group's most spiritual member, wore a red, black and green wristband patterned with peace signs. Yitzchak spoke of his African heritage with pride. During the tour, the teens also fed sea lions at Pier 39 and dined at Planet Hollywood. They observed Sukkot, Shabbat and Simchat Torah services at Magain David Sephardim Congregation in San Francisco. In addition, Levy attended services at San Francisco's Conservative Congregation Beth Sholom.