| Title: | BAGELS and other things of Jewish interest |
| Notice: | 1.0 policy, 280.0 directory, 32.0 registration |
| Moderator: | SMURF::FENSTER |
| Created: | Mon Feb 03 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Thu Jun 05 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
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The Jewish community in Houston recently held a memorial service for
the late Congressman Mickey Leland, who was killed when his plane
crashed in Ethiopia. Not many people knew it, but he played an
important role in Operation Moses, the airlift that rescued 15,000 Jews
from Ethiopia a few years ago. As one of the few Americans that was
trusted by both the Ethiopian and Sudanese governments, he helped work
out the procedures by which the Ethiopian rulers allowed the Jews to
cross the border into Sudan, and the Sudanese looked the other way
while the refugees were flown from the Sudan to Israel. Unfortunately,
premature publicity about the mission resulted in aborting the
operation before all the Jews could be rescued. Leland said nothing
publicly about his role in order to maintain the trust of the
governments in the region, and continue both his work on famine relief
and what additional support he could provide for Jewish Ethiopians.
Now that he is dead, those in the Jewish community who knew of his
efforts, feel they can talk about it.
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| 761.1 | Zeicher Tzaddik Le'Veracha | SUBWAY::STEINBERG | Wed Aug 23 1989 14:42 | 11 | |
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And let's not forget the great Ivan Tillem ZT"L. At 32, he was a self-
made millionaire, lawyer, publisher, assistant professor at
Cordozo law school, investment banker, and quite learned Jewishly.
He was involved in many worthy charitable causes, and worked very
closely with the late and great Leland.
May his memory be an inspiration to us all.
Jem
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