WORLD MACHAL - Volunteers from overseas in the Israel Defense Forces

1947–‘49

Walter Cohen

Walter Cohen Posted 1st Feb 2023 with grateful thanks to Darrold Smith. 19th Feb 2023 – obituary and additional photographs posted below –

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Jerry Gross z”l

Source: With courtesy CJN – via this link Funeral services were held Jan. 17 2022 in Montreal for 96-year-old Joseph “Jerry” Gross, one

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World Machal

Machal in perspective

Machal, short for “Mitnadvei Hutz LaAretz” meaning “volunteers from outside the land,” refers to the non-Israeli volunteers who fought in the 1948 Arab-Israeli

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Josie Shlain

This page is dedicated to Joseph Shlain (96) who volunteered for Machal in 1948.  Below is a brief video interview with Josie from

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Pierre Mouchenik

(To view an English version of this page – click here  ) Avec nos remerciements à Yoram Mouchenik pour avoir contribué à cet

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French Machal

L’Association « Machal France relatant comment en 1948, 4000 volontaires venant de plus de 40 pays (dont plus de 600 français et francophones) ont risqué leur vie pour que l’ Etat d’ Israël existe.

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Carostella

This is the story of a ship that was one of the first vessels of the Israeli Navy in its infancy. The experiences of a ship which is not remembered enough, although it took part in the corps’ missions in the years immediately following the establishment of the State of Israel.

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Mordejai Craysman

World Machal has received some basic information and several video clip interviews of the late Mordejai Craysman, formerly from Urugway who volunteered for

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Maseng, Trygvie Johannes

Source : https://www.toldotyisrael.org/en/ Eyewitness 1948: The American Contribution American Jews played a little known, yet key role in Israel’s founding. This one of many short

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Jesse Fineblum

The following images and documents were received 10th June 2021 with a note saying –  I’d like to submit a name for inclusion

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Moshe Tirosh

Source : TimesofIsrael  Moshe (born Mojžíš Weiner) was born in 1928 in Behynka in the Nitra district in Slovakia. As the Nazi Germany

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