Tag: Ethiopian Kes

Stardate: January 29, 2020    Visiting with the Ethiopian Kes was very interesting. I have a vague recollection of the air lift that took place in 1985 or was announced in the very beginning of 1985. I was in college and looking towards graduation but I also was a bit of a news junkie at that point in time. I certainly remember the announcement of this airlift to bring all of these Ethiopian Jews to Israel. What I found interesting in the history that we were given when we were visiting, versus the history that I remember is that my memory says that there was a famine in Ethiopia and the reason for the airlift was directly related to the famine however when questioned about The rest of the story