Operation Moses

The Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs

The 40th Anniversary of 
the Israeli Rescue of the Ethiopian Jews

Jewish Museum of Florida

Presented in collaboration with the Jewish Museum of Florida – FIUOperation Moses was the covert rescue of more than 10,000 Beta Israel – the Ethiopian Jews – from the 1984 famine and civil war. Thousands of members of this community, who lived for centuries in the region, sought to return to their ancestral homeland. They traveled by foot to refugee camps in Sudan and were eventually taken in this remarkable operation to a new life in Israel, further enriching the diverse mosaic of people in the state.This event will feature a panel discussion with individuals who were part of or witnessed Operation Moses and have written about the historic mission and the Ethiopian Jewish community, as well as an exhibition of artefacts and photographs that bring this historic operation to life. Two of our panelists have their work featured in the exhibition. Deputy Consul General Mike Driquez of the Consulate General of Israel in Miami will present welcome remarks. Panelists:Moderator: Dr. Tudor Parfitt, Distinguished University Professor, Department of Religious Studies, FIU. Parfitt was in Sudan during Operation Moses; founding member and former vice president of the SOSTEJE (Society for the Study of Ethiopian Jewry) and author of the book “Operation Moses.” Peter Decherney, Professor of Cinema and Media Studies, Director of the Penn Global Documentary Institute, Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Endowed Term Professor in the Humanities and Faculty Director of Online Learning Initiative at the University of Pennsylvania. Sigal Kanotopsky, U.S. Northeast Regional Director of the Jewish Agency for Israel, who was born in a small Ethiopian village and made aliya to Israel at age 5 as part of Operation Moses. Linda Stein, photographer and local Jewish activist who was in Ethiopia in 1984.

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