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Chaim Gross
Operation Moses,1984 Exodus of Ethiopian Jews
, 1985
16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm.)
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Chaim Gross
American, 1904–1991
Operation Moses,1984 Exodus of Ethiopian Jews
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1985
Chaim Gross
Operation Moses,1984 Exodus of Ethiopian Jews
, 1985
16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm.)
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16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm.)
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Pencil signed by Chaim Gross on lower margin, Printer's chop mark embossed on lower left corner
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Description
Hand drawn color lithograph on Arches paper
On November 21, 1984, a seven-week clandestine operation to bring Falash Mura Ethiopian Jews to Israel began. The unprecedented undertaking, code-named “Operation Moses,” was a three-way collaboration between the Mossad, the CIA and Sudanese State Security (SSS) to smuggle nearly 8,000 Falash Mura out of refugee camps in Sudan in a massive airlift to Israel.
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