Menashe Zemro (born 1905 or 1906; died 7 October 1998 at age 92) was the last Kes of the Ethiopian Jews.
| Menashe Zemro | |
| Kes | |
| Nationality: | Beta Israel |
| Denomination: | Beta Israel |
| Birth Place: | Gondar, Ethiopia |
| Death Place: | Kiryat Gat, Israel |
| Death Date: | (92 years old) |
| Birth Date: | 1905-1906 |
Zemro was born in Gondar, Ethiopia around the year 1906.[1] [2]
Through Operation Solomon, Zemro, a kes, would migrate with most of the Beta Israel community in 1991 to Israel. After making aliyah, he would continue to serve as a spiritual leader in Israel for the Beta Israel community.[3]
Zemro would go on to settle in Kiryat Gat, where he would later die, on 7 October 1998.[4] [5] [6] Adisu Massala, a Knesset member who had migrated from Ethiopia, would describe the deceased spiritual leader as the greatest of the generation.[7]