Related Links

Partner organizations, archives, and research resources.

• www.amutayam.org.il — Clandestine Immigration and Navy Museum in Haifa. In Hebrew and English, with photos, covering all 116 Aliyah Bet ships that brought Jewish refugees from Europe before, during, and after World War II.
• www.mahal-idf-volunteers.org — Current volunteerism associated with Israel and the armed forces.
• Machal (PDF booklet) — “Machal, Overseas Volunteers in Israel’s War of Independence,” published in 2003 by the Israel Ministry of Education — the larger picture of the 3,500 Machal volunteers from more than 40 countries.
• www.paulsilverstone.com — Listing of all Aliyah ships that sailed between 1945 and 1948 — dates and ports of departure, number of passengers, final disposition, and photographs of most ships.
• www.sas.upenn.edu/~sklausne/aviweb.htm — Original American Veterans of Israel website — archival newsletters and links to the University of Florida Libraries for newsletters going back to 1949.
• www.cjh.org — Machal and Aliyah Bet archives at the American Jewish Historical Society.
• www.machal.org.il — World Machal Website.
• www.lonesoldiercenter.com — Michael Levin Lone Soldiers Center.