Menachem Begin by Daniel Gordis

Author:Daniel Gordis [Gordis, Daniel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-8052-4313-0
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 2014-03-04T05:00:00+00:00

When Begin died in 1992, the Ethiopian Jewish community mourned him with a profound sense of loss. Rahamim Elazar, who later became the first Israeli of Ethiopian descent to become an ambassador, understood Begin better than the Mossad agent who felt Begin’s commitment to the weaker strata of Israeli society was connected to his seeking the country’s highest office. It was about something much deeper, Elazar understood:

It was Begin who broke down the walls. He believed that the place of the Ethiopian Jews is in Israel. He saw it as his destiny to bring the community here. He told his aides: “I want the Ethiopian Jews here.” Before Begin, nobody wanted to hear from us. He didn’t care about skin color. For him it was clear that all Jews should be in Israel. Begin was a warm Jew who loved the Jewish people.21

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