"I am constantly praying for the safety of all Jews, especially those in Ethiopia, and we hope that our prayers will be answered. I commend you and your organization for the excellent work you are doing, and for having undertaken the big mitzvah of pekuach nefashot. Of course, all Jews should join in whatever way they can to aid the Falashas, be this aid material or spiritual.
Rabbi Feinstein sent a personal donation to the AAEJ not long after.Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, in a 1979 letter to the American Association for Ethiopian Jews, as cited in Lenhoff, "Black Jews, Jews and Other Heroes," Gefen Publishing House, 2007, page 145.