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The film is being shown in film festivals throughout the US and Israel. The Jews’ Secret Fleet , is the only authentic book that covers the full participation of 240 volunteers from North America. These men sailed from the USA to Eretz Israel on 10 ships, bringing some 35,000 survivors of the Holocaust. The book details their remarkable journey. The book documents in words and pictures the story so dramatically told in Leon Uris', The Exodus . It tells the real story of the actual people some of whom were represented by Uris' fictionalized characters. The individuals and the personal stories that inspired the characters Ari Ben Canaan played by Paul Newman in the movie, Katherine Kitty Fremont, Bruce Sutherland, Karen Hansen Clement, Dov Landau and others are documented in this book. Listen to a Listen to a Sailor's Story , a July 16, 2007 Nextbook.com interview with unlikely Exodus crew-member Jack Johnson from Alaska, who recalls his part in this great episode of modern Jewish history. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction by Sir Martin Gilbert Forward, by Paul Shulman (The first commander of the Israeli Navy) Preface The Blockade-Runners Illegal Immigration: An Overview Creating the Fleet in America Josiah Wedgewood Beauharnois Haganah Norsyd \/ Baboa and the Biryah Akbel II Haim Arlosofoff Ulua Ben Hecht Abril Hatikvah Tradewinds Exodus President Warfield Geula Paducah and the Jewish State Northland Atzmaut and Kibbutz Galuyot Pan Cresent and Pan York What the British Knew and Didn't Know The Story Continues Reviews: This is a no-holds barred reality check on how the Brits with Arab oil on their mind did all they could to keep Jewish Birth-right peoples from entering Palestine - the Jewish homeland.... Bob and Barbara Epstein , Outdoor Florida The Jews Secret Fleet is full of stories as dramatic as that of the Exodus. It reminds us that American Jews played a small, yet significant role in the creation of the Jewish state. Four of the American vessels became the first warships in the fledgling Israeli navy. The bravery displayed by these American volunteers for Aion should not be forgotten, and this book helps make certain they will receive their historical due. Henry Srebrnik , Washington Jewish Week I am pleased to know that a book covering your remarkable experiences will be published in the near future and preserve for all time one of the most glorious chapters in Jewish history. What miracles you accomplished against such overpowering odds, in the face of such dangers, is a story that has few parallels and will be an inspiration to our people forever. 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As president of Womens League for Conservative Judaism and a leader in the Jewish organizational world the author encountered such figures as Nelson Rockefeller, Golda Meir, Abraham Heschel, David Ben-Gurion, Teddy Kollek, Arthur Goldberg, Menachem Begin, Elie Wiesel, and involvement in such events as the creation and development of the State of Israel, the Civil Rights Movement, the Feminist Movement and its impact on Conservative Judaism, and open admissions policies in higher education were consequences of that MOVE and are described here with vivid recall. Helen Fried Kirshblum Goldstein was for many years a speech professor at the City University of New York. She lectured on Jewish observance and culture throughout the United States and was a leading figure in Conservative Judaism. 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