1980s Ethiopia
[chronological order]
Background paper on the Falashas. (
January 1980)
Abraham Karlikow, director of AJC foreign affairs department, to AJC Executive Vice President Bert Gold, regarding current situation in Ethiopia. Attached is correspondence from David Aaron, deputy assistant to the president for national security affairs. (
Feb. 28, 1980)
Memorandum on AJC meeting with U.S. senators. (
May 8, 1980)
Memorandum on AJC meeting with Yehuda Dominitz, Jewish Agency director of Aliya, regarding efforts to rescue Ethiopian Jews. (
June 11, 1980)
Preliminary report about the situation of Ethiopian Jewry. (
Dec. 30, 1980)
Abraham Karlikow, AJC Director of foreign affairs, to Bert Gold, AJC executive vice president, on the current situation of Ethiopian Jews. (
Jan. 5, 1981)
Three updates on the situation in Ethiopia. (
July - August 1981)
Press release regarding AJC's request to the Reagan Administration that it help alleviate the food crisis in Ethiopia. (
July 15, 1983)
Press release regarding AJC's contribution of "$100,000 for the relief of the suffering of Ethiopian Jews and thousands of other starving Africans." (
Dec. 17, 1984)
Press release regarding Israel's rescue and resettlement efforts for Ethiopian Jews and the announcement that AJC's Ethiopian Relief Fund had surpassed the $200,000 mark. (
Jan. 4, 1985)
"Israel's Airlift of Ethiopian Jews Must Not Be Stopped," WINS Radio commentary, Rabbi Marc Tanenbaum, AJC director of interreligious affairs. (
Jan. 6, 1985)
Press release on the urgent needs of those Jews still trapped in Ethiopia. (
March 22, 1986)
North American Conference on Ethiopian Jewry report on its efforts in Ethiopia. (
1989)
Lifeline, North American Conference on Ethiopian Jewry newsletter. (
1989)
"Congressional Visits Briefing Paper: Talking Points on Ethiopian Jews," prepared for AJC members who attended the Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. (
1989)
Press release on Israeli airlift of Ethiopian Jews. (
May 21, 1991)
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