Operation Solomon

Seventy Years of Guinness World Records, 70 Years of Jewish Excellence

As the Guinness Book celebrates 70 years, Israel and the Jewish Diaspora continue to break records, from the heroic to the heartwarming.

The Jewish community of Atlanta, Georgia, has broken the Guinness World Record for the largest cookie mosaic
 NEW OLIM rescued from Ethiopia step out of an IAF Hercules at a base in Israel, during Operation Solomon, May 1991.

On This Day: Operation Solomon’s record-breaking flight and humanitarian triumph

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ISRAELA WITH her mother.

Ethiopian-Israeli parliamentary adviser tells her story


30 years on, Defense Ministry releases Operation Solomon footage - Watch

Nearly 15,000 Ethiopian Jews were evacuated to Israel in Operation Solomon in 1991 and 30 years on, the Defense Ministry has released rare footage of the IDF-led operation.

Rare pictures of Operation Solomon released by the Defense Ministry, May 2021.

Operation Solomon: Thirty years since the rescue of the Jews of Ethiopia

In 1989, after 16 years of separation, diplomatic ties between Israel and Ethiopia were renewed and the Ethiopian government allowed several hundred Jews to immigrate to Israel each month.

JEWISH AGENCY Chairman of the Executive Isaac Herzog welcomes Ethiopian olim in Operation Zur Israel