April 23
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Friday Night Virtual
A Sweet Song of Zion:
The Rescue of Ethiopia’s Jews
Special remarks by David Harris, American Jewish Committee (AJC) Chief Executive Officer, Edward and Sandra Meyer Office of the CEO
Theirs was the world’s most spectacular homecoming: In 1991, 14,500 Ethiopian Jews flown in wave after wave of flights to the land of their prayers.
An ancient community – believed to be descended from King Solomon and Queen Sheba – welcomed in Tel Aviv by President Chaim Herzog, who called their arrival “the realization of the loftiest mission of Zionism and of the sacred goal for which the Jewish State was established.”
Long isolated from World Jewry, Ethiopian Jews had been trickling back to Israel for decades. In 1975, when Israel declared them eligible for immigration under the Law of Return, more than 8,000 trekked across the desert to end their exile. Even after the Ethiopian government outlawed the practice of Judaism and forbade the remainder to leave, hundreds walked to Sudan – and Israel covertly flew 7,000 home in Operation Moses.
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This program is sponsored by the
Tisch family.
Part of Temple Emanu-El’s Friday Night Service.
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