![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
![Special Video of Operation Solomon, the 1991 Airlift of 14,000 Ethiopian Jews to Israel | JDC Archives Special Video of Operation Solomon, the 1991 Airlift of 14,000 Ethiopian Jews to Israel | JDC Archives](https://archives.jdc.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ny_16009_da1-300x200.jpg)
Special Video of Operation Solomon, the 1991 Airlift of 14,000 Ethiopian Jews to Israel | JDC Archives
![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/2021/05/715-Feature-990040314500205171-airplane-background-1024x640.jpeg)
Before the airlifts, Ethiopian Jews did the heavy lifting to get out of Africa | The Times of Israel
![May 24, 1991: During Operation Solomon, the World Record for the Most Passengers on a Commercial Airplane is 1,122 ~ Vintage Everyday May 24, 1991: During Operation Solomon, the World Record for the Most Passengers on a Commercial Airplane is 1,122 ~ Vintage Everyday](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TbyFmHhZxeY/XsrAm_07WUI/AAAAAAADytY/MBG8Ha_UhaYXPKSLoh6nDuRe8nfe3YLggCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/operation-solomon-3.jpg)
May 24, 1991: During Operation Solomon, the World Record for the Most Passengers on a Commercial Airplane is 1,122 ~ Vintage Everyday
![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!
![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)
Before the airlifts, Ethiopian Jews did the heavy lifting to get out of Africa | The Times of Israel
![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)