Aliyah “On Eagles Wings”

This week’s Torah portion includes the famous phrase “I carried you on the wings of eagles and I brought you to Me”.  As this video explains, this links to the 1950s Aliya of Yemenite Jews in Operation Magic Carpet. But it also reverberates with every new immigrant who arrives at Ben Gurion airport.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/W2BNabF9HYc?rel=0

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