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Ethiopia left Detroit Metro
Airport Oct. 29 for their
homes in Israel following a
two-week whirl-
wind visit across
Oakland, Wayne
and Macomb
counties. Their
visit included
tours of schools,
shopping excur-
sions, religious cel-
ebrations and
other activities.
Every other
year, the Children
of the Dream pro-
gram brings Israeli
teens of Ethiopian
descent to the
Detroit area. Sponsored by the
Anti-Defamation League,
Michigan Region, the program
promotes an understanding of
diversity and of the realities of life
in Israel.
Southfield-Lathrup High
School was the final school on the
teens' tour. S-Es marching band
greeted the visitors, followed by a
concert by the madrigal choir.
The Israeli teens proceeded to
Jack Rajkovich's "Global Issues"
class, where his students were well
prepared with questions for them.
"Have you ever read the book
The Return?" asked ninth-grader
Danielle Daniel.
The book, by Sonia Levitan, is
the fictional story of a young
Ethiopian Jew who makes the
arduous trip to Israel. "We didn't
need to read it," answered David
Zeru, 18. "We lived it."
Stricken by poverty and drought,
shunned by their neighbors and ruled
by a Communist government that cut
off their communities from the coun-
try's meager supplies, Ethiopian Jews
saw Israel as their salvation.
Airlifts such as Operation Moses,
Operation Joshua and Operation
Solomon sped up the process. These
projects took place between 1984 and
1991, and some of the teens were very
young when their families made aliyah
(immigration to Israel).
Many of the Ethiopian-born Israeli
teens still speak the Ethiopian language,
Amharic, to communicate with their
older friends and relatives. Like all Jews
arriving in Israel, the Ethiopians are sent
to an ulpan (intensive Hebrew class)
before being mainstreamed into stan-
dard Israeli schools.
Speaking fluent English, these visi-