Operation moses

Operation Moses: Celebrating 40 years since mission to rescue Ethiopian Jews

Netanyahu swore to continue the advancement of Ethiopians in the Jewish state and to fight against discrimination and racism.

 Operation Moses: Celebrating 40 years since the mission to rescue Ethiopian Jews
Almog (left) with the late prime minister Yitzchak Shamir + photo of olim from Ethiopia on the Tzur Israel operation.

Jewish Agency chairman Doron Almog returns to Ethiopia

 ETHIOPIANS ARRIVE on aliyah at Ben-Gurion Airport earlier this year. Ethiopian aliyah constitutes a crucial moral issue for the Jewish people.

The saga of Ethiopian aliyah

Israelis in Gush Etzion celebrate ‘Yom Aliyah’

Lessons learned from Operation Moses


Modern-day Operation Moses: How a settler saved an entire Ethiopian family

Many Ethiopian Jews died on the way to Sudan, and many others who managed to reach Sudan were somehow left behind.

A.Y. Katsof exits a plane from Ethiopia to Israel with "Suzy" and Ambassador to the South Sudan Hanan Godar

The Fate of Ethiopia’s Jews

As my plane was touching down, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had just announced that 1,000 Ethiopians could make aliyah to Israel. For many, this is too little, too late.

Jewish immigrants from Ethiopia arrive at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv in 2011

How do we change a mind-set?

Avi asks whether there is an understanding of the sacrifices his community has made.

ETHIOPIAN PROTESTERS hold a placard reading ‘I’m not just a color,’ during a demonstration against police brutality in which they blocked Tel Aviv’s Ayalon Highway, on January 30.

Avraham Kahati: A clandestine rescuer of Ethiopian Jews

The average person would recognize the two most famous airlifts from Ethiopia to Israel: Operation Moses and Operation Solomon. Yet virtually nobody knows about the efforts of Kahati.

Avraham and Ghent Kahati

A dramatic, action-packed 2018

Hollywood will be taking on at least four thrilling Mossad operations in films slated for next year.

Fauda

Ethiopian-Israeli singer tells his personal story and that of a culture

Ethiopian-Israeli musician Gili Yalo sings about Operation Moses, the evacuation of Ethiopian Jews from Sudan during the 1984 famine to the 'Promised Land.'

Musician Gili Yalo says: ‘Even if Israelis don’t understand the Amharic language, the melodies and grooves reel them in.’

Ethiopia in Jerusalem

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Is anyone listening?

It is 29 years since Operation Moses brought the first mass aliya from Ethiopia. Have we addressed the challenging reality of what it is to come from a country that is so very different from Israel?

Ethiopian girls make aliya 370