Avishai Yeganyahu Mekonen is making a difference in New York’s Jewish community

Who: Avishai Yeganyahu Mekonen, documentary film maker

Where: New York

Bio:  Mekonen, who arrived in Israel from Ethiopia with his family at age 10, now lives in New York

Read: Avishai Yeganyahu Mekonen, 48, capturing the Ethiopian Jewish experience on film