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On the wings of eagles

Posted on June 20, 2021

30 years ago, on Jun 24 – 25 1991, Israel rescued 14,325 Jews from war-torn Ethiopia in Operation Solomon – the world’s largest humanitarian airlift. They were flown from Addis Ababa to Tel Aviv on 35 Israeli aircraft. The Ethiopians’ … Continue reading →

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Look who is flying to Israel

Posted on March 31, 2021

Passengers with travel exceptions can travel to Israel using several airlines. They include El Al, Israir, United, Delta, Lufthansa, Swiss, Ethiopian, Wizzair, Air Canada, Air France, Belavia, Ryanair, Austrian, Turkish, AirMoldovia, Aegean, Europa, Pegasus, Easyjet, Ukraine and FlyDubai. https://www.touristisrael.com/whos-flying-to-tel-aviv-during-covid-19/31894/

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Who is flying to Israel?

Posted on September 6, 2020

You must check if you will be allowed entry, but all these airlines are now flying into Tel Aviv on a regular basis. United, Delta, Lufthansa, Swiss, Ethiopian, WizzAir, Air Canada, Air France, Israir, Belavia, Ryanair, Austrian, Turkish, Aegean, Air … Continue reading →

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Three women promoted to Colonel

Posted on November 27, 2016

Three IDF lieutenant-colonels have been promoted to full colonels including Liron Donal – the first woman to command a Home Front district (Dan) which includes Tel Aviv. Carmel Wahabi is the first Druze Israeli to lead an IDF court as … Continue reading →

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The best veggie food in the world

Posted on November 29, 2015

Tel Aviv has the world’s best vegetarian restaurants, according to Conde Nast Traveler magazine. It recommends several, including a Georgian vegan restaurant and an Ethiopian vegan cafe. Israel has some 300,000 vegans, the highest per capita anywhere in the world. … Continue reading →

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Building an inclusive Israeli city

Posted on September 15, 2015

Just 45 minutes north of Tel Aviv, Israel is expanding the sleepy 1000-residents town of Harish into a city with up to 100,000 inhabitants. The plans have been praised by its modern-orthodox and ultra-orthodox Jews, secular Israelis, former Soviet and … Continue reading →

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Blair Underwood visits Israel

Posted on March 30, 2014

(Thanks to Size Doesn’t Matter) Award winning actor and director Blair Underwood met with Mehereta Baruch, an Ethiopian Jewess who arrived in Israel aged 10 and is now Deputy Mayor of Tel-Aviv. He also toured a military base, Haifa’s Bahai … Continue reading →

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“Wings of a dove”

Posted on November 11, 2012

That’s the name of the project to bring the last remnants of Ethiopian Jewry to Israel. 237 of the community’s 8000 population have just been rescued from appalling conditions in Gondar and flown via Addis Ababa to Tel Aviv. http://www.jpost.com/JewishWorld/JewishFeatures/Article.aspx?id=289747 … Continue reading →

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From desert to University

Posted on July 3, 2011

A few decades ago Ethiopian Jewry was transported across time and space to the Jewish State. Now 108 Ethiopian students at Tel Aviv University have been honoured by a new sculpture. http://www2.tau.ac.il/news/engnews.asp?month=5&year=2011

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