![Shimon Levit on Twitter: "27 years ago today Israel carried out Operation Solomon to rescue the endangered Ethiopian Jewish community. Israel brought home over 14,000 Ethiopian Jews -- and a world record! Shimon Levit on Twitter: "27 years ago today Israel carried out Operation Solomon to rescue the endangered Ethiopian Jewish community. Israel brought home over 14,000 Ethiopian Jews -- and a world record!](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D7hG6yiXoAEaO7o.jpg)
Shimon Levit on Twitter: "27 years ago today Israel carried out Operation Solomon to rescue the endangered Ethiopian Jewish community. Israel brought home over 14,000 Ethiopian Jews -- and a world record!
![Avi Kaner ابراهيم אבי on Twitter: "1/3) From his father escaping the ashes of Auschwitz, his being shot down in 1973 Yom Kippur War, to saving thousands of Ethiopian Jews in 1991 Avi Kaner ابراهيم אבי on Twitter: "1/3) From his father escaping the ashes of Auschwitz, his being shot down in 1973 Yom Kippur War, to saving thousands of Ethiopian Jews in 1991](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ECasbsuX4AA28IE.jpg)
Avi Kaner ابراهيم אבי on Twitter: "1/3) From his father escaping the ashes of Auschwitz, his being shot down in 1973 Yom Kippur War, to saving thousands of Ethiopian Jews in 1991
![This Week in Jewish History | Operation Solomon: Israel airlifts 14,000 Ethiopian Jews to safety in unparalleled mission - World Jewish Congress This Week in Jewish History | Operation Solomon: Israel airlifts 14,000 Ethiopian Jews to safety in unparalleled mission - World Jewish Congress](https://wjc.imgix.net/production/image_attachment/file/20131/screenshot-2020-05-27-13-27-28.png?ixlib=rails-4.2.0&w=1200&h=780&fit=crop&q=60&auto=format&lossless=true&s=e4c56a87808429a051e4fb72694d0244)
This Week in Jewish History | Operation Solomon: Israel airlifts 14,000 Ethiopian Jews to safety in unparalleled mission - World Jewish Congress
![jayxenos on Twitter: "#History: Operation Solomon, the air evacuation of 14,000 Ethiopian Jews to #Israel, occurred on this day, on May 24, 1991. It set a world record for passengers per aircraft jayxenos on Twitter: "#History: Operation Solomon, the air evacuation of 14,000 Ethiopian Jews to #Israel, occurred on this day, on May 24, 1991. It set a world record for passengers per aircraft](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EYv7uHGUwAAZJH5.jpg)
jayxenos on Twitter: "#History: Operation Solomon, the air evacuation of 14,000 Ethiopian Jews to #Israel, occurred on this day, on May 24, 1991. It set a world record for passengers per aircraft
![Before the airlifts, Ethiopian Jews did the heavy lifting to get out of Africa | The Times of Israel Before the airlifts, Ethiopian Jews did the heavy lifting to get out of Africa | The Times of Israel](https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2019/03/operation-moses-400x250.png)