The arrival of an Ethiopian Airlines at Israel’s Ben Gurion airport earlier this week set the scene for an emotional reunion between family members, some of
Molokan: "This is a very great privilege. We have been waiting for many years to make aliyah and do not believe that this is happening. The first place I would like to see is Jerusalem."
Last week, 360 Ethiopian olim landed at Ben Gurion airport as part of the second phase of Operation Tzur Israel. This marked the beginning of a series of flights planned from Ethiopia during the next few months which will bring 3,000 Ethiopian olim to Israel to be reunited with their families after decades apart. Accompanying…
Ahead of the flight, journalists and Federation leaders met with the Jewish community of Gondar, where the Ethiopian Jews are concentrated, on a multiple-day mission to solidify plans.