Len Lyons, Ph.D. in Philosophy (Brown University), is the author of six books on a variety of subjects, including jazz (three titles published by William Morrow & Co.) and computers (two titles published by Addison-Wesley).

Through hosting Ethiopian Israeli students visiting Boston in 2004, he became fascinated with the story of the Ethiopian Jews and their struggle for acceptance in the country that rescued them.

For more than two years, he has been meeting with Ethiopian Jews in Israel in many locations and in many sectors of the Ethiopian Jewish community. He serves on the Ethiopian Jewry Committee of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Boston.

Len Lyons at: lenlyons@comcast.net