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May 9, 2018

The 2018 Mickey Marcus Memorial at West Point

  AMERICAN  VETERANS OF ISRAEL LEGACY CORPORATION WEST POINT MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR AMERICAN HEROES OF ISRAEL’S INDEPENDENCE WAR   APRIL 29, 2018 – The American Veterans of Israel Legacy Corporation, in association with the…

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May 9, 2018

More Coverage of the Jerusalem Machal Memorial Dedication

Machal Fighters Get Memorial in Jerusalem, Seven Decades After Volunteering for Israel BY TOM TUGEND | PUBLISHED DEC 13, 2017 | NATION/WORLD (JEWISH JOURNAL)   Nearly 70 years after volunteers from five continents left homes and…

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May 9, 2018

The Dedication of the Machal Memorial at Ammunition Hill

Thanking Those Who Volunteered By Daniel Fliegler   1948….The situation in the new State of Israel was truly dire. Six Arab armies attacked the Jewish state with the…

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May 1, 2018

Remembering Marcel Berkowitz

Marcel Berkowitz — passed away March 22, 2018. On March 22, 2018, Machal veteran Marcel Berkowitz, who fought bravely in the 1948 War of Independence, passed away. He…

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December 18, 2017

Machal Monument in Jerusalem Dedicated

On December 17th, 2017, the Machal Monument was unveiled and dedicated. The following is the day in pictures. Please donate online to keep the memory of the Foreign…

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December 15, 2017

Machal Monument Rising

The Machal Monument was installed on Thursday, December 14th (26 Kislev)! Please donate on the Machal Memorial page and ensure that the Machal story is told for generations

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November 15, 2017

Jerusalem Machal Monument Planned

The planned Jerusalem Machal Memorial honors the legacy of the 4800 Machal volunteers from 59 countries (1100 from the United Sates and Canada who served in the creation and defense…

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September 20, 2017

Honoring The Ship That Launched A Nation

By Daniel Fliegler The elderly man recounted how as a child on board the Exodus 1947 he could see the port of Haifa and the Carmel mountains in…

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July 10, 2017

Augustine L. (Duke) Labaczewski

Augustine L. (Duke) Labaczewski, 89, the cook aboard the American Aliyah Bet ship Tradewinds (later named “Hatikvah” – Hope), died in Williamstown, New Jersey, on June 29, 2017.  …

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April 23, 2017

William (Bill) Bernstein

William Bernstein was born on 27th January 1923 in Passaic, New Jersey.  At the age of 13 his family moved to San Francisco.  He graduated from Galileo High…

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