Title: Riding the wave : the Jewish Agency's role in the mass aliyah of Soviet and Ethiopian Jewry to Israel, 1987-1995 /
Authors: Arbel, Andrea S.
Publisher: Gefen Pub. House,
Year: 2001
Subjects: Jewish Agency for Israel.; Jews Russia (Federation) Migrations.; Jews Ethiopia Migrations.; Israel Emigration and immigration; Israel Emigration and immigration Government policy.
Abstract: This book describes a dramatic chapter in the history of the Jewish people, the state of Israel, and the Jewish Agency, and how the Jewish Agency began handling mass aliyah from the former Soviet Union. This book also documents "Operation Solomon ", the historic flight of Ethiopian Jewry to Israel.