It’s called Tzur Israel – the Rock of Israel -- an exciting and ongoing effort to help thousands of Ethiopians join their Jewish families in Israel. While this fulfills prophecy, unfortunately, others are being left behind indefinitely.

When Workie Girmay and her siblings said goodbye to their mother, Rabebo Shivesh, when she left Ethiopia, they had no idea it would take them 19 years to join her in Israel. 

“During the wait, we encountered all kinds of challenges. There were many grandchildren and great-grandchildren born and she doesn’t know them. Also, some died. For example my nephew was killed in the army last year,” Workie told CBN News through a translator outside her home in Gondar.