In a historic first, two female lawyers were appointed as Israel’s first Ethiopian judges, as the Judicial Nominating Committee named Adenko Sebhat-Haimovich to the magistrates’ court, and Esther Tapeta Gardi to the traffic court. Both were appointed on their legal merits.
http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=36853
The passing of President George H.W. Bush should remind us of the assistance he gave to the operation which brought the Ethiopian Jewish community to Israel in 1989-90. Thank you HW for all you did!