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Overview"A fantastical propaganda play depicting an armed revolt financed the purchase of the yacht Abril and its conversion to an ""illegal"" immigrant passenger ship renamed the Ben Hecht. The plan was to evade the British naval blockade and bring Holocaust survivor refugees to Palestine. Henry Mandel volunteered aboard the Ben Hecht, a converted yacht that challenged the British blockade of Jewish immigrants to pre-state Israel. Captured and detained in Acre Prison, Mandel aided the efforts of prisoners planning an escape. After release, Mandel helped set up a secret bazooka shell plant in New York, which he helped to reassemble in Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Mandel was an Orthodox Jew whose reminiscences provide a uniquely illuminating perspective on the creation of the Jewish state. Mandel's story is explicated in a running commentary that includes the personal narratives of other members of the Ben Hecht crew as well as historical background." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Samuel FlaksPublisher: Academic Studies Press Imprint: Academic Studies Press ISBN: 9781644695944ISBN 10: 1644695944 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 28 October 2021 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 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 The Marine Carp New York, New York Chapter 7 - Bazooka Plant American Jewish Underground Volunteering for the Israeli Army 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 SummaryReviews"“You’ve probably never heard of Henry Mandel. Neither had I until I read Without Permission… A machinist who died in New York City in 2015, Mandel was an ardent American Zionist who helped create Israel’s arms industry and challenged Britain’s ban on Jewish immigration to Mandate Palestine. … Without Permission… covers Mandel’s career in workmanlike fashion. Mandel was a rare individual, a man of conviction and action who selflessly devoted himself to a cause higher than himself.” — Sheldon Kirshner, Times of Israel ""Without Permission is one of those rare achievements that succeeds in twinning painstaking historical research with a compelling personal story. Flaks welcomes the reader into the remarkable life of his grandfather Henry Mandel, a man of courage who served as a Merchant Marine and a volunteer sailor aboard the S.S. Ben Hecht, a ship that sought to challenge the British ban on Jewish emigration to Palestine. Drawing upon eyewitness accounts, oral history and interviews, archival documents, letters and speeches, and significant original research, Flaks' book offers a personal perspective on those complicated moments at the dawn of modern Israel. He demonstrates that Mandel and his fellow crewmen 'struck a significant blow against the British Empire and its imperialist policy of denying the Holocaust survivors of Europe a permanent home and national self-determination.' Joining personal narratives and testimonies with superb historical contextualization, Without Permission is a must-read for anyone interested in the American Jewish experience and the founding of Israel!"" —Ariel Evan Mayse, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Stanford University" Author InformationSamuel Flaks is a grandson of Henry Mandel. He is currently an attorney who lives in New York City with his wife and young daughter. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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