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'28 Planes in the Air'; It was historic, and it was fantastic. An ambassador describes Operation Solomon.
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Leiter, Robert
Jewish Exponent
09-18-2003
Asher Naim, a longtime Israeli diplomat, had just gotten home from his most
recent posting in Finland -- had just barely gotten his bags unpacked, in
fact -- when the call came. He was needed in Ethiopia to attend to the
question of the Beta Israel, or black Jews, there. Before he knew exactly
what he was getting himself into, he was in the back seat of a Peugeot 504,
with an Israel flag flapping on its hood, barreling down the pothole-strewn
streets of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's capital city.
Naim, as it turned out, was a hasty replacement for the last ...
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Misleading Categories
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Rescue at all cost
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Distant relations
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Shrug, Flick, Roll! Troupe Shoulders A Dance Tradition
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