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The Americans Who Fought for Israel
Tom Tugend
November 17, 2005
The central display of the Aliyah Bet and Machal Museum, which opens formally this week, commemorates the deeds of the two groups of volunteers for whom the museum is named. The Aliyah Bet portion honors the 240 North Americans who manned rickety ships and ran the British blockade to bring Holocaust survivors and refugees to Palestine between 1946 and 1948, in a clandestine operation. Among the 12 ships was the famed \”Exodus 1947.\”
The ‘Boys’ at the Front
Tom Tugend
December 30, 2004
Angress was one of \”The Ritchie Boys,\” a special Army unit made up mainly of young Jewish refugees from Germany, whose World War II exploits have been recorded for the first time in a documentary by German filmmaker Christian Bauer.\n\nThe German-Canadian co-production is one of 12 documentaries still in competition for Academy Award honors.
Honoring Community Mitzvahs
Ruth Stroud
September 18, 1997
The 1997 Community Awards, which recognize outstanding achievementin the Jewish community, were given out during a special meeting ofthe Federation\’s board of directors at Sephardic Temple TiferethIsrael.
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