The last official airlift of Ethiopian Jews was scheduled to land in Tel Aviv tonight, bringing to an end a state-organized campaign that began nearly 30 years ago and brought in some 120,000 immigrants from the east African nation
Calendar Girl Danielle Berrin finds herself in Paris for Pesach
Founded with the express purpose of \”ingathering of the exiles\” — but with no more large groups of Jews to save — Israel is facing the end of the era of mass aliyah.
For many historians, the Soviet Jewry campaign represented the coming of age of the American Jewish community.
I was in Jerusalem in early July when a news story about Sudanese refuges demonstrating in front of the Knesset caught my eye.
I was born in Tel Aviv, in 1936, and, quite naturally, my feelings toward Israel are suffused with the love, pride, memories, music and aromas that nourish and sustain all natives of any country. Yet, remarkably, as the years pass, I discover that these same feelings towards Israel are echoed by people everywhere, including many who have never set foot in that country.
Israel\’s Finance Ministry is proposing substantial cuts to Ethiopian immigration next year.
It\’s just before 8:30 a.m., and the sound of a shofar blasts through the bustle on the tarmac of Ben Gurion Airport. In front of the cavernous hangar, which is set up for a party, a band plays \”Heivenu Shalom Aleichem.\” Two rows of mostly female soldiers flank the walkway, and hundreds of people wave Israeli flags and hold signs saying things like, \”Welcome Home.\”
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