Why Safed?
The new immigrants find caring and helpful support from the local population, in particular from the Committee for Ethiopian Jews in Safed.
The Committee has been functioning for over thirty seven years. A measure of its reputation may be realized from the fact that the Chairman, Dr. Yehoshua Sivan, received the President’s Award for Volunteering, 1995, “For work in absorbing Ethiopian new immigrants.”
In addition, Dr. Sivan and his wife Hilary received the the Distinguished Citizen of Safed Award, 1999, and in 2001 the Absorption Award from the Jewish Agency “For your contribution and your work in absorbing new immigrants”.
At the end of 2011, on the 20th anniversary of Operation Solomon, the Mayor of Safed presented the Committee with a Testimonial: “The Safed Municipality wishes to thank the Committee for Ethiopian Jews in Safed for their contribution and action towards the social and educational advancement, and successful absorption, of Ethiopian Jews in Safed in particular, and elsewhere in Israel in general.”
The new immigrants find caring and helpful support from the local population, in particular from the Committee for Ethiopian Jews in Safed.
The Committee has been functioning for over thirty seven years. A measure of its reputation may be realized from the fact that the Chairman, Dr. Yehoshua Sivan, received the President’s Award for Volunteering, 1995, “For work in absorbing Ethiopian new immigrants.”
In addition, Dr. Sivan and his wife Hilary received the the Distinguished Citizen of Safed Award, 1999, and in 2001 the Absorption Award from the Jewish Agency “For your contribution and your work in absorbing new immigrants”.
At the end of 2011, on the 20th anniversary of Operation Solomon, the Mayor of Safed presented the Committee with a Testimonial: “The Safed Municipality wishes to thank the Committee for Ethiopian Jews in Safed for their contribution and action towards the social and educational advancement, and successful absorption, of Ethiopian Jews in Safed in particular, and elsewhere in Israel in general.”
