Huge numbers of Ethiopian Jews fled famine and hardship in Ethiopia by trekking to Sudan but many — estimates are up to 4,000 — died on the brutal journey. Covert cooperation from Sudan allowed secret services from Israel and the United States to arrange to fly out approximately 8,000 survivors. To get from her village in Ethiopia to Sudan, Burshtain endured weeks of walking and hiding with family members and others. Because Burshtain didn’t arrive in Israel with her parents, she was sent to a state-run boarding school, where she learned Hebrew. From that beginning, Burshtain didn’t let anything slow her down.

Source: Ethiopian News September 04, 2017 18:56 UTC