Samuel Flaks

Without Permission

Conversations, Letters, and Memoirs of Henry Mandel

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A young Jewish veteran of the United States Merchant Marine gets caught up in efforts to assist the new state of Israel, undergoes a challenging and dangerous sea voyage and is imprisoned for that effort, and is released and returns to build a bazooka plant in Haifa during the Israeli War for Independence.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Academic Studies Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Oktober 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 404g
• ISBN-13: 9781644695944
• ISBN-10: 1644695944
• Artikelnr.: 61180105

Autorenporträt

Samuel Flaks is a grandson of Henry Mandel. He is currently an attorney who lives in New York City with his wife and young daughter.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Précis
Part I - Interviews and Reminiscences of Jewish Illegal Immigrant Ship Ben
Hecht Crewman Henry Mandel
Interview Key
Chapter 1 - Vienna Born, Bronx Bred
Chapter 2 - The War Comes Home
Chapter 3 - The Merchant Marine
Chapter 4 - From Gowanus Canal to Atlantic Crossing
Chapter 5 - Final Preparations
Chapter 6 - The Irgun Had Other Ideas
Acre Prison
Prison Pictures
Prayer & Paratrooper Boots 64
The Marine Carp
New York, New York
Chapter 7 - Bazooka Plant
American Jewish Underground
Volunteering for the Israeli Army 78
Part II - Letters and Contextual Commentary
Chapter 8 - The Bergson Group
Chapter 9 - The Mission and the Crew
Chapter 10 - Atlantic Crossing to the Mediterranean Sea
Chapter 11 - The Palestine Run
Chapter 12 - Piracy on the High Seas
Chapter 13 - Break Out
Chapter 14 - Release
Chapter 15 - MACHAL
Chapter 16 - A Mercy Ship¿s Legacy
Chapter 17 - Family & Brotherly Love
Neither Tide Nor Time
Religious Liberty
Reflections on Aging
Chapter 18 - Civil Servant & Union Activist
Chapter 19 - Reflections of a Long Life
Bibliography & Works Cited
Acronyms
Articles & Archival Documents
Interviews
Books
About the Editor
Hebrew Language Summary