We live in momentous times in which the cause of human rights has become a major concern. Yet too often. the spotlight of scrutiny has not been directed into corners of the world where oppression has cast its long. dark shadow. In Ethiopia. for instance. some of the most basic human rightsthe right to emigrate and the right to be reunited with ones familydo not exist today for the Jews in that country. Thousands of Jews were separated from their families in 1984 and 1985. as many fled religious persecution. civil war. and famine. They traveled on foot. braving armed thugs and government troops. and made their way into the Sudan. Many died on the trip and 2.000 more died in the refugee camps in Sudan. But through "Operation Moses"-a joint United StatesIsraeli rescue effortsome 17.000 Jews are airlifted to liberty and taken to their spiritual homeland. Israel.
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