On Wings of Eagles: The Secret Operation of the Ethiopean Exodus

by Micha Feldman

Book Overview

With Ethiopia overrun by rebels, the Jews had left their villages in northern Ethiopia by the thousands to trek for weeks to the Sudan. There, in squalid refugee camps, untold numbers died of disease and malnutrition. Those left alive were motivated only by the desire to return to Zion. Starving, preyed-upon, and often separated from their families in heartbreaking ways, the refugees also faced stark cultural adjustments in Israel. When Israel...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9652295698
• ISBN13: 9789652295699
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Gefen Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.6"