The World - News from April 11, 1985
About 8,000 black Jews are still living in famine-stricken Ethiopia, an American involved in relief efforts for them said in Jerusalem. Nathan Shapiro, president of the American Assn. for Ethiopian Jews, told reporters that many of those remaining 8,000 are elderly and vulnerable. Shapiro commented as many of the almost 10,000 Ethiopian Jews who have migrated to Israel gathered in Jerusalem for a reunion with Israelis and Americans who have helped organize their exodus.
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