Operation Esther: Opening the Door for the Last Jews of Yemen

Several thousand Jews who remained behind after evacuation of the Jewish populace from Yemen to Israel in 1949 were prevented by unjust laws from communicating with family members in Israel. This first-person account chronicles the author's 15-year struggle to secure permission for Yemen's remaining Jews to emigrate to Israel, and is the first written documentation of a little-known rescue operation that took place in the shadow of the Persian Gulf War. Includes b&w photos and documents. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.