 Most Ethiopian Jews now live in Israel, having been airlifted there in the 1980s and 1990s in operations Moses, Joshua, and Solomon.The Abayudaya are a group of Bagwere and Busoga people who collectively converted to Judaism in the early 20th century, under the leadership of Semei Kakungulu.Persecuted under the regime of Idi Amin, the community has since revitalized, with a current population of around 2000 to 3000 people.