A public secret: The rescue of the Quara Jews

From: Jerusalem Post | Date: July 30, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

Elli Wohlgelernter
Jerusalem Post
07-30-1999
Last night's planeload of 91 Quara immigrants marked the end of the beginning of their rescue: for two months a concerted effort has been made to bring the remaining Jews from the Gondar region of Ethiopia to Israel.

During that time, The Jerusalem Post deliberately held back information, so as not to jeopardize the campaign. After last night's flight, the Post is now at liberty to divulge some of what has transpired since the beginning of June.

If Ethiopian Jewry is, as some believe, one of the Ten Lost Tribes, then ...

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