Applications and interviews for some 23,000 Falash Mura who hope to emigrate to Israel are complete and in the hands of Israeli officials, said a member of a United Jewish Communities delegation that visited Ethiopia last week. Four members of the UJC Israel/Overseas Pillar traveled to Ethiopia expecting to monitor the applications process, only to learn it had just ended.
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