"Moshe Rabbeinu", "Herzl of the Ethiopian community" - these are just some of the nicknames of Yona Bugla, one of the most important Jews in the "Beta Israel" community of the Ethiopian community.
For decades, Bugla carried the field of education and immigration to Israel on his shoulders, sometimes alone, running between Israel and Ethiopia - all with one goal: to bring the Jews to Israel after thousands of years.
Recently, decades after his death, his son, Zacharias Yona, published a new book.
In an interview with the "Israel Hashavua" supplement to be published tomorrow, he talks about his father's work - fortifying education and the immigration of Jews to Israel despite the tangible risk to his life, and that unfortunately the young members of the community do not know his character.
"We have an amazing history, and we have something to be proud of," he says.
"Ethiopian Jews were ignored, and my only father was there for them."
Immigrants from Ethiopia are accepted at Ben Gurion Airport // Archive photo: The struggle to raise Ethiopian Jews
"We are here thanks to Yona's dream," says Ethiopian activist Ainao Farda Sanbeto, who is helping Zacharias preserve his father's memory, "and for me he is a model of determination and a role model."