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Aliyah Bet

• ARANNE, Ike
• ARONOFF, Murray
• BAUM, David (Dave)
• CALIC, Yitzhak - ALIYAH BET - Sailor on board the “SS Calanit.”
• COHEN, Joshua - Doctor aboard "Exodus '47" Jerusalem Post article July 9, 2010
• HAREL, Yossi
• KAPLANSKY, Eddy
• LANDOW, Joe
• LEORE, Rena
• LEVITT, Gordon
• LIVINGSTON, David Guenther - Interned in Cyprus. Later, Killed defending Mishmar Ha’emek
• LIVNEY, Avi - Ship’s purser-pharmacist aboard “Exodus ’47”
• MALKIN, Aryeh (Leon)
• NOMIS, Chaim (Charlie)
• SCHIFF, Reuven (Red) – Aliyah Bet. Palmach Hativat Hanegev. Killed in Bir Abu-Jabar battle
• SCHINDLER, Irving (Swifty)
• SELA (SILVERMAN), Yehuda (“Silvy”) – Aliyah Bet "Haganah Ship Biria"
• SELIGMAN, DOV - Aliyah Bet aboard “Josiah Wedgwood”. Killed defending Kibbutz Ein Dor
• SKLAR, Leonard (Lenny)
• TYLER, Alan - A Jewish, British Naval Officer assigned to patrol Aliyah Bet ships
• WEISS, Charles - Aliyah Bet aboard “Hatikvah,” “Exodus", “Pan Crescent,” and “Pan York”

Published Articles

Fallen

Non-Jewish Volunteers

• BEURLING, George (Buzz) *
• BOYD, Andrew Spencer *
• BURROWS, John (AKA DAWSON, Johnny) - British Army deserter, joined the Palmach
• COHEN, Albert (Melville) *
• COHEN, Avraham Abba (Harvey)
• DODGE, Raymond *
• ELWING, Leif Nils *
• EITAN, Teddy (DIFFRE, Thadee)* – IDF. Established and commanded French Commandos
• FITCHETT, Leonard *
• HOLTON, Oliver Garfield *
• JACTEL, Guy *
• KING, Ernest (Edward) *
• TOURIESE, Roger *
• STEVENSON, Fred*
• VERSCHOYLE-CAMPBELL, Julian* - Killed in test flight triggering Scotland Yard intervention

Women in Machal (1947-1949)

• BENEDICT, Audrey
• BENEDICT, Audrey and ROUX, Marie
• BEYRACK, Sylvia
• CAILINGOLD, Esther
• CARRUTHERS, Margaret *
• DIAMOND, Chana
• FREEDMAN, Gita
• GOLDMAN, Ruth – Nurse. In charge of the infirmary at Ramat David Air Force Base
• GORDON, Mary
• JOFFE, Bat-Ami
• LEORE, Rena
• MARGOLIUS, Lily, and BLOCH, June
• MENACHE, Rica
• PORATH (nee Borowsky). Zipporah (Letters from Jerusalem 1947-48)
• RAVID, Zelda
• ROZEN, Miriam
• ROSENZWEIG, Louise (Leah)
• SIMON, Myra
• STERN, Ruth
• TANNEN (Bouskila), Jean
• WOLMAN (nee Silpert), Marcia

Machal 1956-1965

• Machal Nachal Reunion in Israel - Special Report
• Machal Nachal Mefaked " Ari Caspi " by Joe Libner
• Machal Nachal remembers a Daring Bicycle Ride, written by Arnie Friedman
• Machal Nachal, Parachutist Course: Written by Mookie Tooch & Philip Myers
• David Kaplan writes about " Baby" Hirschmann
• Kenny Cash Gives Foxy Bernstein a Helping Hand
• SINAI - 1956 : Day of the Chicken
• Simie Weinstein writes about the Nachal Scheme
• Machal Nachal, Bernie Suskin reminisces about his Kibbutz Experiences
• Leon Glasser Writes About Sport in Israel
• Oh What a Beautiful Morning by Arnie Friedman
• Teddy Kaplan : How to Get to Hospital
• Les Amdur Describes Norman's Super Determination
• Luke Lukovsky remembers Nachal Boot Camp
• The Long and the Short of it by Leon Glasser

Machal 1966-Today

• Honoring excellence in the IDF (Including American volunteers, Chiyya Smason & Gali Levy)