Without Permission : : Conversations, Letters, and Memoirs of Henry Mandel / / Samuel Flaks.

Henry Mandel (1920-2015), a crewman aboard the Jewish Illegal Immigrant ship Abril/Ben Hecht, a prisoner in Acre fortress and a volunteer for the Israeli Army during the 1948 Arab - Israeli War, was an Orthodox Jew whose reminiscences provide a uniquely illuminating perspective on the creation of th...

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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part One. Interviews and Reminiscences of Jewish Illegal Immigrant Ship Ben Hecht Crewman Henry Mandel -- 1. Vienna Born, Bronx Bred -- 2. The War Comes Home -- 3. The Merchant Marine -- 4. From Gowanus Canal to Atlantic Crossing -- 5. Final Preparations -- 6. The Irgun Had Other Ideas -- 7. Bazooka Plant -- Part Two. Letters and Contextual Commentary -- 8. The Bergson Group -- 9. The Mission and the Crew -- 10. Atlantic Crossing to the Mediterranean Sea -- 11. The Palestine Run -- 12. Piracy on the High Seas -- 13. Breakout -- 14. Release -- 15. Machal -- 16. A Mercy Ship’s Legacy -- Part Three. Henry Mandel Reflects -- 17. Family and Brotherly Love -- 18. Civil Servant and Union Activist -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Selected Bibliography and Works Cited -- Index -- Illustrations
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Henry Mandel (1920-2015), a crewman aboard the Jewish Illegal Immigrant ship Abril/Ben Hecht, a prisoner in Acre fortress and a volunteer for the Israeli Army during the 1948 Arab - Israeli War, was an Orthodox Jew whose reminiscences provide a uniquely illuminating perspective on the creation of the Jewish state. Mandel smuggled in electric batteries to prisoners planning an escape from Acre Prison. After being released, Mandel helped set-up a secret bazooka shell plant in New York which was reassembled in Israel with his assistance as a foreign volunteer. Personal narratives of the Ben Hecht crew are complemented by editorial historical analysis.
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Jewish refugees Palestine History 20th century.
Merchant mariners United States Biography.
Zionists New York (State) New York Biography.
HISTORY / Jewish. bisacsh
American Jewish history.
Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Jewish homeland.
Orthodox Jew.
Palestine.
United States Merchant Marin.
WWII.
World War 2.
Zionism.
merchant marines.
refugees.
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Without Permission : Conversations, Letters, and Memoirs of Henry Mandel /
Frontmatter --
Contents --
Introduction --
Part One. Interviews and Reminiscences of Jewish Illegal Immigrant Ship Ben Hecht Crewman Henry Mandel --
1. Vienna Born, Bronx Bred --
2. The War Comes Home --
3. The Merchant Marine --
4. From Gowanus Canal to Atlantic Crossing --
5. Final Preparations --
6. The Irgun Had Other Ideas --
7. Bazooka Plant --
Part Two. Letters and Contextual Commentary --
8. The Bergson Group --
9. The Mission and the Crew --
10. Atlantic Crossing to the Mediterranean Sea --
11. The Palestine Run --
12. Piracy on the High Seas --
13. Breakout --
14. Release --
15. Machal --
16. A Mercy Ship’s Legacy --
Part Three. Henry Mandel Reflects --
17. Family and Brotherly Love --
18. Civil Servant and Union Activist --
Epilogue --
Acknowledgments --
Selected Bibliography and Works Cited --
Index --
Illustrations
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Contents --
Introduction --
Part One. Interviews and Reminiscences of Jewish Illegal Immigrant Ship Ben Hecht Crewman Henry Mandel --
1. Vienna Born, Bronx Bred --
2. The War Comes Home --
3. The Merchant Marine --
4. From Gowanus Canal to Atlantic Crossing --
5. Final Preparations --
6. The Irgun Had Other Ideas --
7. Bazooka Plant --
Part Two. Letters and Contextual Commentary --
8. The Bergson Group --
9. The Mission and the Crew --
10. Atlantic Crossing to the Mediterranean Sea --
11. The Palestine Run --
12. Piracy on the High Seas --
13. Breakout --
14. Release --
15. Machal --
16. A Mercy Ship’s Legacy --
Part Three. Henry Mandel Reflects --
17. Family and Brotherly Love --
18. Civil Servant and Union Activist --
Epilogue --
Acknowledgments --
Selected Bibliography and Works Cited --
Index --
Illustrations
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contents Frontmatter --
Contents --
Introduction --
Part One. Interviews and Reminiscences of Jewish Illegal Immigrant Ship Ben Hecht Crewman Henry Mandel --
1. Vienna Born, Bronx Bred --
2. The War Comes Home --
3. The Merchant Marine --
4. From Gowanus Canal to Atlantic Crossing --
5. Final Preparations --
6. The Irgun Had Other Ideas --
7. Bazooka Plant --
Part Two. Letters and Contextual Commentary --
8. The Bergson Group --
9. The Mission and the Crew --
10. Atlantic Crossing to the Mediterranean Sea --
11. The Palestine Run --
12. Piracy on the High Seas --
13. Breakout --
14. Release --
15. Machal --
16. A Mercy Ship’s Legacy --
Part Three. Henry Mandel Reflects --
17. Family and Brotherly Love --
18. Civil Servant and Union Activist --
Epilogue --
Acknowledgments --
Selected Bibliography and Works Cited --
Index --
Illustrations
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