Source: Ben Gurion archives COLONEL DAVID DANIEL “MICKEY” MARCUS MAY 25th 2023 On May 10, 1951 Israel’s Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion
Walter Cohen Posted 1st Feb 2023 with grateful thanks to Darrold Smith. 19th Feb 2023 – obituary and additional photographs posted below –
Source: With courtesy CJN – via this link Funeral services were held Jan. 17 2022 in Montreal for 96-year-old Joseph “Jerry” Gross, one
These short clips and images below show the memorial which stands near the Einstein Park of north Netanya near Highway 2. The statue
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
This page is dedicated to Joseph Shlain (96) who volunteered for Machal in 1948. Below is a brief video interview with Josie from
(To view an English version of this page – click here ) Avec nos remerciements à Yoram Mouchenik pour avoir contribué à cet
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.
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.
On the eve of Yom Hazikaron 2022 and the ceremony to be held at Shaar Hagai tomorrow 4th May we are publishing the
This is a fascinating story from the 1948 War of Independence as told by Mike Amir (Landshut). To see a written profile of
With thanks to Yoram Mouchenik for contributing to this important file of his father’s service to Machal and the State of Israel. June 2022.
World Machal has received some basic information and several video clip interviews of the late Mordejai Craysman, formerly from Urugway who volunteered for
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
“The Jews started the first war with the Arabs.”“The Bernadotte Plan was a viable alternative to partition.”“The United States was the only nation
Israel’s War of Independence (1947-1949) In human terms, the War of Independence was Israel’s costliest war, with over 6,000 Israelis were killed and
Joe Woolf (92) who was a Machal volunteer in the 1948 War of Independence and then came back to live in Israel with
Two of the surviving Canadian Machal volunteers mark 73 years since they saw action in 1948.
The following images and documents were received 10th June 2021 with a note saying – I’d like to submit a name for inclusion
Credit: JNS.ORG By Judy Lash Balint/JNS.org Harold (Smoky) Simon, a South African-born accountant who became chief of air operations of the nascentIsraeli Air
Source: TimesofIsrael APR 20, 2015, 3:51 PM ( see pictures of each individual at bottom of page) The Wingmen: A story of Czechoslovak
Source : TimesofIsrael Moshe (born Mojžíš Weiner) was born in 1928 in Behynka in the Nitra district in Slovakia. As the Nazi Germany
Nathan Judah Krotinger died March 25, 2020 from natural causes at age 97. Born on Sept. 6, 1922, in Hempstead, N.Y., he was
by Aron Heller Late on the night of Oct. 24, 1948, on the last night of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot and amid