Operation Solomon, 30 Years Later

30 years ago, this week, was Operation Solomon, the famous Israeli airlift that brought more than 14,000 Ethiopian Jews to Israel in less than 36 hours. We’ll remember Operation Solomon and ask, how has the Ethiopian Jewish community in Israel fared in these 30 years?
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Sources
https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/final-aliyah-flight-to-bring-jewish-ethiopians-to-israel-lands-661647
https://www.israeltoday.co.il/read/meet-the-first-ethiopian-born-minister-in-israel/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/lt-yod-to-become-first-ethiopian-israeli-air-force-pilot/
https://idanraichelproject.com/en/album/the-idan-raichel-project/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nss3FsrgJo
https://www.timesofisrael.com/policeman-who-killed-ethiopian-israeli-teen-charged-with-negligent-homicide/
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-israel-to-compensate-ethiopian-rabbis-for-decades-of-discriminatory-funding-1.8851682
https://unpacked.education/sigd-celebrating-the-history-and-culture-of-ethiopian-jewry/
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30 years ago, this week, was Operation Solomon, the famous Israeli airlift that brought more than 14,000 Ethiopian Jews to Israel in less than 36 hours. We’ll remember Operation Solomon and ask, how has the Ethiopian Jewish community in Israel fared in these 30 years?

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Learn more about Unpacked: https://jewishunpacked.com/about/

Visit Unpacked on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/unpacked 

Teaching about this topic? Check out our relevant educator resources here: https://unpacked.education/video/israels-disengagement-from-gaza/ 

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Sources

https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/final-aliyah-flight-to-bring-jewish-ethiopians-to-israel-lands-661647 https://www.israeltoday.co.il/read/meet-the-first-ethiopian-born-minister-in-israel/ https://www.timesofisrael.com/lt-yod-to-become-first-ethiopian-israeli-air-force-pilot/ https://idanraichelproject.com/en/album/the-idan-raichel-project/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nss3FsrgJo https://www.timesofisrael.com/policeman-who-killed-ethiopian-israeli-teen-charged-with-negligent-homicide/ https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-israel-to-compensate-ethiopian-rabbis-for-decades-of-discriminatory-funding-1.8851682 https://unpacked.education/sigd-celebrating-the-history-and-culture-of-ethiopian-jewry/

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Unpacked is a division of OpenDor Media