9 promotional photos from Operation Exodus

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Ottawa Jewish Archives via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)

Dates

1971 (indexed as 1971)

Level

item

Extent

9 photographs : col.

Scope & content

Series includes 9 promotional photos from Operation Exodus Photos with labels as follows: 4-059-31-01: Newly arrived Soviet student seeks university advice 4-059-31-02: Volunteers present olim with “welcome baskets” (Mevasseret Absorption centre) 4-059-31-03: An airport playroom keeps the children occupied, as their parents make the necessary arrangements. 4-059-31-04: Grisha Shimonov (left) with his sister Rosa Abrahamov, meet for the first time in 57 years at Ben Gurion Airport. Behind them are Grisha’s family, wife, children, and grandchildren. 4-059-31-05: The new immigrants are greeted in Hebrew, Russian and English. 4-059-31-06: Volunteers present olim with “welcome baskets” (Mevasseret Absorption centre) 4-059-31-07: Ari Skarpnik, an electronics engineer from Leningrad says that baking Matzot makes him feel real Jewish [sic] again. 4-059-31-08: Members of an Israeli youth movement turn out at Ben Gurion Airport to welcome the new arrivals with songs and dance. 4-059-31-09: Ulpan in Rishon LeZion (Direct Absorption)

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