whim. leo a Weil astitheA kr a heathy. kawig, heatthg Remembering Operation Moses Between Nov. 21, 1984, and Jan. 5, 1985, some 8,000 Ethiopian Jews were airlifted to Israel in the legendary Operation Moses. The Immigration and Absorption Department of the Jewish Agency, the Ministry of Absorp- tion, the Israel Defense Forces and other security forces were all partner to this complex, covert human mission. The need for Operation Moses arose from the arrival of thou- sands of Ethiopian Jews in Su- dan during the early 1980s and the dire situation in the refugee camps where they were interned: epidemics, hunger and a high mortality rate. Late one November night, an Israeli airplane arrived in the Su- danese capital of Khartoum, where it took on 220 soon-to-be Israeli immigrants. The airlift continued over a period of 45 days with the Israeli plane making 28 night flights with its human car- go, landing each time at an air- port in central Israel. Preparations in Israel quietly reached full swing. Volunteers, social workers and translators from all over Israel were recruit- ed to welcome the new arrivals and reunite them with their fam- ilies. Doctors were on hand at the (Mew