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Eric Cheng, and Bina and
Zack Colman; grandnieces
and grandnephews,
Logan Doyle, Charyle
Bello, Talia Cheng, Aiken
Colman and Jae Colman.
Marilyn is also survived
by cherished cousins all
over the world. Through
her second marriage to the
late Edward Goodman, she
is also survived by Marci
Goodman Brill, Steve
and Asmina Goodman,
and grandson, Hesham
Goodman.
It is suggested that those
who wish to further honor
the memory of Marilyn
may do so by making a
contribution to the Michael
and Elaine Serling Institute
for Jewish Studies and
Modern Israel (jsp.msu.
edu) or to a charity of one’s
choice. Arrangements by
Dorfman Chapel.
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Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu and other govern-
ment leaders joined Israel’s
Ethiopian Jewish community
on May 18 for a ceremony
commemorating the thou-
sands who died trying to
reach the Jewish homeland.
The gathering paying trib-
ute to the 4,000 members of
Beta Israel who died on the
arduous journey took place
at the official memorial site at the
National Civil Cemetery of the
State of Israel on Mount Herzl in
Jerusalem.
Most died of malnutrition and
disease between 1979 and 1990
while traveling by foot from
Ethiopia to transit camps in neigh-
boring Sudan.
Netanyahu praised changes
in the educational curriculum
expanding on the story of the
Ethiopian exodus, and promised
to boost housing, employment,
education and health assistance.
Some 90,000 Ethiopian Jews
came to Israel in a series of airlifts
dating back to 1980.
However, those airlifts were
bogged down by Israeli budget
and bureaucratic issues.
Today, Ethiopian Israelis num-
ber around 160,000, almost 2% of
the population.
From JNS.org
AMOS BEN-GERSHOM/GPO
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu with members of the Beta
Israel community at Mount Herzl in
Jerusalem, May 18, 2023.
Honoring Ethiopian Jews Who Died
Trying to Reach Israel