That is the essence of Zionism: Jews returning to their ancestral homeland after thousands of years of exile, and exercising the right to self-determination in the Jewish state. There, for the first time, I became immersed in the immigration stories of my Ethiopian colleagues, many of whom made aliyah during Operation Moses. I returned from Ethiopia inspired to share the story of Ethiopian aliyah with the rest of the world. And the more I researched, the more I realized how the story of Ethiopian aliyah to Israel, particularly Operations Moses and Solomon, has not been captured in an English-language novel. Kim Salzman is the author of “Straddling Black and White,” which is about the Ethiopian aliyah experience.

Source: Ethiopian News July 25, 2023 16:02 UTC