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100 1  Abebe, Danny Adeno. 
245 10 From Africa to Zion :|bthe shepherd boy who became 
       Israel's first Ethiopian-born journalist /|cDanny Adeno 
       Abebe ; translated from Hebrew by Eylon Levy. 
264  1 Israel :|bYedioth Ahronoth and Chemed Books,|c©2021. 
300    392 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates :|billustrations 
       ;|c22 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references. 
520    One night in July 1983, the inhabitants of the village of 
       Tilamado disappeared. Barefoot and wearing traditional 
       dress, the men and women, the children and the elderly, 
       set out on a journey they had dreamed about their whole 
       lives: the journey to Jerusalem. Little did they know what
       horrors waited along the way and what terrible price they 
       would pay to fulfill their dream. Joining this exodus was 
       a young boy, Adeno, the son of Yidege and Bazeto Abebe. 
       The village had been his whole world. Before the age of 
       eight, he was already running around in the meadows as a 
       shepherd boy--and now, he was embarking on a trek with no 
       end in sight. Thirty-six years later, Danny Adeno Abebe's 
       journey between Ethiopia and Jerusalem is still ongoing. 
       The boy who grew up in a village north of Gondar and never
       knew his own date of birth managed to overcome adversity 
       to become the first Ethiopian-born soldier in IDF Army 
       Radio and the first Ethiopian-Israeli journalist. He 
       worked for the Yediot Aharonot newspaper for years, filed 
       hundreds of reports and investigations, and won 
       prestigious prizes. But even today, as a father of four, 
       Danny is forced to confront prejudice and racism. In his 
       book From Africa to Zion, Danny reveals his fascinating 
       and wonderful life story and the stories of the 16,000 
       Ethiopian Jews who immigrated to Israel in Operation Moses
       and of the thousands who died on the way. He describes his
       childhood in a mud shack without water or electricity, the
       grueling trek by foot to Sudan, the horrors in the Um 
       Raquba Refugee Camp, his first days at an immigrant 
       absorption center in Arad, and his time at a religious 
       boarding school, where Israel sent many Ethiopian 
       immigrant children. He describes falling in love with the 
       written word and grappling as a journalist with the 
       reality he covered: the Blood Donations Scandal, police 
       violence, and the cold shoulder of the rabbinic 
       establishment. He also writes about his visits to his 
       native village--once with his wife Aviva and their 
       children, and once again while writing this book--and 
       about his two-year service as an emissary to the local 
       Jewish community in South Africa. Throughout, he reveals 
       himself to be an extremely talented and sensitive writer 
       with a sharp and witty sense of humor. From Africa to Zion
       is an extraordinary life story, but above all--it is a 
       story about people, about love, and about the importance 
       of family, regardless of skin color or ethnicity. --
       |cPublisher description. 
647  7 Operation Moses|d(1984-1985)|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01046342 
648  7 1984-1985|2fast 
650  0 Operation Moses, 1984-1985. 
650  0 Jews|zEthiopia|xMigrations. 
650  0 Jewish refugees|zSudan. 
650  0 Immigrants|zIsrael|vBiography. 
650  7 Emigration and immigration.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00908690 
650  7 Jewish refugees.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01730523 
650  7 Jews|xMigrations.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00983310 
651  0 Ethiopia|xEmigration and immigration. 
651  0 Israel|xEmigration and immigration. 
651  7 Ethiopia.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01205830 
651  7 Israel.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204236 
651  7 Sudan.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204591 
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