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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