Tag: Operation Moses
Novel highlights sacrifices of Ethiopian Jewish immigrants to Israel
Kim Salzman, Israel and overseas director at the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh, spent more than 13 years writing her debut novel, Straddling Black and White, which she published earlier this year.
“I gave birth to three...
Ethiopian Israeli Sigal Kanotopsky: ‘We are all pieces of the same puzzle’
Sigal Kanotopsky—Ethiopia-born, Israel-bound and recently resettled in Philadelphia—speaks of her identity simply: “I am a Jew and an Israeli born in Ethiopia.”
But her identity was not always so concisely defined. Kanotopsky, now 46, arrived...
Netanyahu greets first wave of Ethiopian immigrants in ‘Operation Rock of Israel’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday greeted at Ben Gurion International Airport the first group of Ethiopian immigrants to arrive in the country within the framework of “Operation Tzur Israel” (“Rock of Israel”).
The...
Sigd: The ultimate Zionist festival
The 29th of Cheshvan is not a particularly noteworthy day for most Jews. Cheshvan is the only Hebrew month that has no holidays or fast days. But for Jews from Ethiopia, this date has...