Word: moseses
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THE HEART OF the show, as everyone knows, is the glorious era of RKO and MGM musicals. Ray Bolger does the boasting for all the luminaries present: Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Cyd Charisse, Eleanor Powell, Donald O'Connor, Judy Garland. Among the MGM treats is Gene Kelly's...
For a few days the mood was jubilant. The Falashas had come, and on street corners and in coffee bars Israelis excitedly discussed the rescue operation that had airlifted thousands of starving Ethiopian Jews from refugee camps in Sudan and brought them to the Promised Land. Declared one proud Israeli...
The intense publicity surrounding Operation Moses apparently triggered Sudanese fears of alienating other Arab states, none of which--with the sole exception of Egypt--has diplomatic relations with Israel. The concern was justified. Libya requested a special session of the Arab League, and newspapers in many Arab states last week...
As the debate raged, about 7,000 Falashas remained stranded in refugee camps in Sudan. Perhaps as many as 10,000 are still in Ethiopia. Anguished newcomers to the Israeli absorption centers, struggling to regain their health and adapt to the many confusing aspects of their new life, wait for...
The Falashas' surreptitious exodus has for years been an open secret in Israel and throughout Africa. And Ethiopian authorities have not objected to Jews emigrating to Israel to be reunited with their families. Nevertheless, Israeli military censors tried hard to prevent word of Operation Moses from leaking out, fearing that...