Sunday, January 24, 2010, 3:30 PM
(Israel 2008, Color, English, 53 mins. Director: Alan Rosenthal)
Waves Of Freedom
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In one of the least known, but most dramatic stories of Americans’ support of Israel, 27 returning US veterans are recruited to rescue 2,000 displaced Jews from post-war Europe and break the British blockade of Jewish Palestine. Undaunted by warnings that they could be hanged if the British Navy catches them, they sail a rust-bucket ship across the Atlantic to pick up their precious human cargo. En route to Palestine, they are captured by British destroyers, yet the sailors bring their passengers to Israel. They return to the US not as heroes, but as subjects of an FBI investigation.
Speaker: Ship’s Officer (and rescuer) Paul Kaye.