Word: exodus
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...crowd had gathered to hear the story of Frank Lavine, a Massachusetts resident and survivor of the Exodus ship, which carried Jewish Holocaust survivors in their attempt to immigrate to Palestine after the end of World...
After asking audience members whether they had read Leon Uris's Exodus or had seen the Otto Preminger movie of the same title, Lavine said he would tell the "real story...
...Exodus ship began as a luxury bayliner called the S.S. President Warfield, designed to carry 350 passengers a short distance--from Baltimore, Md. to Norfolk...
...British again subtly intervened--they bribed the operator of the tugboat responsible for pulling the ship out to sea. In a risky move, the Exodus crew distracted guards and cut the cable to the tugboat...
After answering some questions, Lavine lead the audience in singing "Hatikvah," the Israeli national anthem, which the Exodus passengers sang to lift their spirits during the bleakest parts of their journey...