The Coronavirus Crisis Fades from Center Stage as Israel’s Political Impasse Continues
If no government is formed by May 7, there will be a fourth election.
April 17, 2020
Israel’s Daring Efforts to Bring Ethiopian Jews to Their Homeland
“Bring me the Jews of Ethiopia!”
After his election to the Israeli premiership in 1977, one of Menachem Begin’s first orders to the Mossad was “Bring me the Jews of Ethiopia.” This directive bore fruits, some seven years later, in the form of Operation Moses, a massive effort that clandestinely brought thousands of Ethiopian Jews to the Jewish state. To pull it off, Israeli spies created a fake diving resort on the Sudanese coast as a cover for their activities. The story is the subject of a 2019 film, and also a book by Raffi Berg titled Red Sea Spies. Praising the book as both accurate and “vivid,” Stephen Daisley writes in his review:
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It Is Up to Palestinian Leaders to Prove That Their Nationalism Can Promote Peace and Stability
Even had Yitzḥak Rabin not been assassinated, there would be no Palestinian state today.
Israel’s Role in the Coming Confrontation between the U.S. and Iran
Iranian leadership may soon act on the belief that there is little to lose in more aggressive behavior.
Israel’s Daring Efforts to Bring Ethiopian Jews to Their Homeland
“Bring me the Jews of Ethiopia!”
How a Comic-Book Version of the Haggadah Reveals an Enduring Truth about the Exodus
An expression of God’s enduring compassion.