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Producers of documentary about Ethiopian aliyah consider next steps By Marc Katz, Special To The Dayton Jewish Observer Even though the locally-produced documentary Take Us Home is a little past its film circuit prime, it continues to have a shelf life as producer and director Aileen LeBlanc and Dayton’s Levin

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Dayton premiere of locally produced documentary on Ethiopian aliyah By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer Fekadu, his wife and children left their Ethiopian village to live in a squalid shelter in Gondar while they waited for their opportunity to make aliyah (immigrate to Israel). A decade later, these Falash

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Ethiopian documentary Marshall Weiss The Dayton Jewish Observer With a key architect of Ethiopian aliyah present, the Levin Family Foundation announced on Dec. 12 that it will produce a feature-length documentary about Ethiopians of Jewish descent and their immigration to Israel. Karen Levin, executive director of the Levin Family Foundation,

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