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Operation Dove's Wings
Two Falash Mura girls who became new Israelis in August 2013 wave their flags after reaching the airport (photo credit: Michal Shmulovich/ToI)
August 28, 2013, 11:06 pm
For Ethiopian Jews, the end of a 30-year road to Zion
The arrival of 450 Falash Mura gives closure to Ethiopian Jews' journeys to Israel -- journeys marked by longing, pain, and the ultimate realization of a dream
By Michal Shmulovich
A child kisses the ground after arriving in Israel on Wednesday. (photo credit: Moshik Brin/Courtesy Jewish Agency)
August 28, 2013, 3:09 pm
After 30 years, final Ethiopian aliya flights arrive
Last 450 Falash Mura land at Ben Gurion; hundreds of Ethiopian Israelis protest closing of immigration process
By Michal Shmulovich
Preparing for life in Israel: An ordinary day at the Jewish Agency's synagogue in Gondar, Ethiopia (photo credit: Michal Shmulovich/ToI)
August 26, 2013, 7:19 pm
The last of the Falash Mura?
On Wednesday, a final flight will ostensibly complete the aliya of 7,500 members of a Jewish community that had converted to Christianity. Is this really the end of a hugely controversial mass immigration process? Should it be? The Times of Israel reports from Ethiopia
By Michal Shmulovich
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