A7 Radio's "LandMinds with Barnea and David" with LandMinds

First hand accounts of Exodus 1947 Haganah Ship participants, and departed captain Ike Aharonovich's friend and historian.

Prof. Meir Shwartz smuggled aboard a British ship deporting the 4500 Exodus refugees and infused them with spirit, hope, and organization. Thus they resisted British efforts to break the message of the mission that Jews should be allowed to come home. Prof Schwartz talks about the stirring moments of the people coming together - representing the entire Jewish nation, and holding out through the torturous ordeal. Share these precious moments, like the burial of a child at sea and the singing of the Selichot prayers together. 

Prof Aviva Halamish, author and historian, knew the recently deceased captain, Ike Aharonovich, and talks about his role. Aviva says the real Exodus story is stronger than Otto Preminger's movie. Mr Noam Rubin shares his role on behalf of the Mizrachi movement and Jewish Agency in caring for the Exodus refugees in the German camps. He spearheaded the decision that the priority of legal certificates to Palestine should be given to these people, and saw them all off - to the fulfillment of their dream. 

See http://www.amazon.com/Exodus-Affair-Holocaust-Survivors-Palestine/dp/0815605161 for Prof Halamish's book, Exodus Affair; and http://www.exodus1947.org/emshwartz.html to read more of Meir Schwartz's story.

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BARNEA LEVI SELAVAN is a native of Chicago, IL. He has worked in public relations, primarily for the Jerusalem Reclamation Project in the Old City of Jerusalem. Barnea received rabbinic ordination from the late Rabbi Y. Ruderman, and is a sought-after lecturer as well as a successful tour guide and educator. He specializes in Jerusalem's Old City and the Western Wall excavations, and is the author of the successful book, “Tzaddik's Guide to Jerusalem's Old City.” Barnea lives in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem with his wife and children. DOVID WILLNER grew up on the fringe of Hollywood. He earned an MA Ed. from Loyola Marymount University, specializing in Marriage Family and Child Counseling, and has worked extensively in informal Jewish education. Dovid studied at the Hebrew Institute of California, and directed programs for NCSY, JCCA, the Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles, and the Jewish Agency in Israel. He is the founder of Mountain High Productions, a company providing graphic design and media consulting and production, bringing a wealth of experience in media and education to Foundation Stone's ongoing activities. Dovid lives in Efrat with his wife and children. DOVID & BARNEA learned together in California in the '70's and established Foundation Stone in 1996.  Together they host the LandMinds podcast every Wednesday from 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Israel time on Israel National Radio. And the rest is... history.