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Paul Harris visits Israel during a turbulent time and discovers that as usual, behind all the tragedy and pain, there is a determination that life will carry on as normally as possible. NEVER did I think I would miss the general balagan and the queues at passport control at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport.
It focuses on the heart-wrenching story of Jewish immigrants, many of whom were survivors of Nazi forced labour and extermination camps, desperate to rebuild their lives in Israel. The mind-boggling depth of thought, design, planning and incredible execution of all aspects of this presentation is amazing. It tells the story of yet another difficult but fascinating period of Jewish-Israeli history when tens of thousands of Jews, fleeing persecution in Europe and Arab countries, arrived — by air, sea and, in some cases, by foot from neighbouring Arab countries — in Mandatory Palestine. With the declaration of the State of Israel, some 120,000 Jews (around one-fifth of the population at that time) had been smuggled into the country. To read more on this story, subscribe to our new e-edition. Go to E-edition.jewishtelegraph.com.
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