“I am studying for my bachelors degree in biology with the assistance of a Jewish Agency supported student scholarship. My passion is indigenous Ethiopian plants. I feel that my culture has much to contribute to western society. I want to integrate the natural healing powers of Ethiopian plants and herbs into Israeli natural medicine.”
In May, 1978 Benjamin (Teadrous) Aklom was born in Addis Ababa as his mother and father were fleeing Ethiopia with an Israeli Mossad agent. Benjamin’s father worked with the Mossad to smuggle Ethiopian Jews to Israel in the early ‘70’s. 
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