JCCenters April newsletter: Yom Ha'atzmaut, Operation Solomon and more ...

This edition of the newsletter celebrates Yom Ha’atzmaut and the history and roots of the Ethiopian Jews in commemoration of Operation Solomon 15 years ago.

Here is a snapshot of articles you will find:

• A Tale of Two Cities: Jerusalem and Tel Aviv – two stops on a Jewish Journey
• Notes from an Ethiopian Journal
• The Meaning of Independence
• Yom Ha'atzmaut: The Marvel of the Commonplace and the Commonplaceness of the Marvel
• Musings on Yom Ha’atzmaut
• Lag BaOmer: The Celebration of Knowledge and Learning

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May 2006