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Aliyah Bet & Machal Virtual Museum
North American Volunteers In Israel's War of Independence
Legend:
- † Christian
- # Killed in Action
- ¥ Also served in Israeli Armed forces
- § Also served on other ships
- € Crewed only as far as Europe
| Name | Nat | Hometown | State | Duties | Other Ships Served |
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| Berkovitz, Jeno | | | | | |
| § Bernstein, Jack | | | | | Ulua/Haim Alosoroff |
| Binder, Louis | USA | New York | NY | Other Service | |
| § Brettschneider, Louis | USA | New York | NY | Engineer | Paducah/Geula |
| † Cushinberry, Walter Rexie | | | | Cook | |
| Freundlich, Eli | USA | New York | NY | | |
| § † Greaves, Walter (Heavy) | USA | Providence | RI | Bosun | Paducah/Geula |
| § ¥ Gutmann, David Leo | USA | New York | | | Paducah/Geula |
| Herschkowitz, Harry | USA | New York | NY | Seaman | |
| Hirschkoff, Albert | | | | | |
| Kaplan, David | USA | New York | NY | Radioman | |
| Levitan, Hyman Robert | USA | New York | NY | 1st Mate/Captain | |
| Liebman, Marvin | USA | New York | NY | Purser | |
| Littwin, Wallace | USA | New York | NY | Photographer | |
| Luce, Norman Edward | | | | Seaman | |
| ¥ Mandel, Henry | USA | New York | NY | Oiler | |
| Markowitz, Louis | | | | 2nd Mate | |
| Nicolai, Robert | USA | Chicago | IL | Other Service | |
| Rifkin, Shepard | USA | New York | NY | Seaman | |
| Schatz, Harry Nathan | USA | Milwaukee | WI | Seaman | |
| ¥ Styrak, Edward R. | | | | Radioman | |
| Winkler, Jack | | | | Seaman | |
| Name | Nat | Hometown | State | Duties | Other Ships Served |
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| Archie, Lee | USA | Warsaw | IL | 3rd Mate | |
| Barenson, Julian | USA | Bogalusa | LA | Chief Steward | |
| Baron, Jack | CAN | Montreal | Que. | 1st Mate | |
| ¥ Blank, Jack | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | | |
| ¥ Boxer, David | | | | | |
| † Fallon, Richard | USA | New York | NY | 2nd Mate | |
| Fein, Monroe | USA | Chicago | IL | Captain | |
| Foundeur, Perry | USA | New York | NY | Oiler | |
| Gen, David | USA | Newark | NJ | 1st Engineer | |
| # ¥ Kahn, Joseph | USA | Los Angeles | CA | Recruiter | |
| Liss, August | USA | New York | NY | Electrician | |
| Pollack, Nathaniel | USA | New York | NY | 2nd Engineer | |
| € Ratner, Nathaniel | USA | Chicago | IL | | |
| † Richardson, Lawrence | USA | Chester | PA | Seaman | |
| Solomon, Daniel | USA | New York | NY | Cook | |
| § Solomon, Leslie | USA | New York | NY | Radio Op | unknown |
| € § Winer, Richard | USA | St. Paul | MN | Seaman | Mala/Anemone |
| Name | Nat | Hometown | State | Duties | Other Ships Served |
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| § Abadi, Eddie | | Panama | Pan. | | Northland/Jewish State |
| Berger, Stanley | USA | New York | NY | | |
| Bondy, Reuven | USA | New York | NY | | |
| Calic, Yitzhak | USA | San Francisco | CA | | |
| † Dreifuss, Johanan | USA | Chicago | IL | | |
| Galil, Irving | | | | | |
| € Gold, Phil | | | | | |
| Goldstein [Gerard], David | USA | New York | NY | Purser | |
| Grivendi, Bill [Givendo, Bob] | | | | Engine Room | |
| Grossman, Al | | | | 2nd Mate | |
| Halpern, Ben | | | | Chief Engineer | |
| Kritzburg, Whitey | | | | Engine Room | |
| Levin, Aaron | | | | | |
| Levine, Eleazar | USA | New York | NY | | |
| ¥ Levine, Philip | USA | New York | NY | Seaman | |
| Liberson, Joe | CAN | Winnipeg | Man. | Galley | |
| § Maltese, Danny | USA | New York | NY | Captain | Northland/Jewish State |
| † Massey, Dave (Bossy) | USA | New York | NY | Engineer | |
| § Meltzer, Irving | USA | New York | NY | Radio Op | Northland/Jewish State |
| ¥ Newman, Benny | USA | Rochester | NY | | |
| Podolin, Sy | | | | 1st Mate | |
| Prager, Leonard | USA | Philadelphia | PA | | |
| § Rosenberg, Marvin (Abby) | USA | New York | NY | 1st Engineer | Tradewinds/Hatikva |
| Rotenberg, Abe | USA | New York | NY | Engineer | |
| Silver, Martin | USA | New York | NY | 3rd Engineer | |
| Taller, Archie | CAN | Ottawa | Ont. | Galley | |
| § € Weinstein, Cyril (Cy) | USA | New York | NY | 2nd Mate | President WarfieldExodus 1947 |
| § Winer, Richard |
USA | St. Paul | MN | Seaman | Altalena |
| Witenoff, Yehuda (Julius) | CAN | Montreal | Que. | | |
| Name | Nat | Hometown | State | Duties | Other Ships Served |
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| € Aras, Joe | | | | Cook | |
| Aronoff, Murray | USA | New York | NY | Seaman | |
| Baer [B'ari], Shmuel | USA | New York | NY | Engineer | |
| Baruch, Kurt | USA | New York | NY | Engineer | |
| # Bernstein, William (Bill) | USA | San Francisco | CA | 2nd Mate | |
| Foreman, Bentley | USA | Toms River | NJ | Seaman | |
| ¥ Goldstein, Myron | USA | New York | NY | Engineer | |
| † Grauel, John | USA | Worcester | MA | Observer | |
| Kalmanowitz [Kalm], Eli | USA | New York | NY | Chief Steward | |
| Katzenelson, Zvi | | | | | |
| Lavine, Frank | USA | Boston | MA | Seaman | |
| Leidner, Harold | USA | New York | NY | Radio Op | |
| Lester, Sol | USA | New York | NY | 3rd Asst. Engineer | |
| § Lifshitz, Arthur [Livney, Avi] | USA | New York | NY | Pharmacist | Pan Crescent/Atzmaut |
| § Lowenthal, David | USA | Pittsburg | PA | Seaman | Pan York/Kibbutz Galuyot |
| Lutz, Abbot | USA | New York | NY | | |
| Malik, Louis | | | | | |
| § Molofsky, Donald "Donny" |
USA | Baltimore | MD | Electrician | Pan York/Kibbutz Galuyot |
| § ¥ Marks, Bernie | USA | Cincinnati | OH | 1st Mate | Norsyd/Haganah |
| ¥ Miller, Bernard [Mills, Dov] | USA | New York | NY | Engineer | |
| Millman, David | USA | Philadelphia | PA | Seaman | |
| Millman, William | USA | Chelsea | MA | Boatswain | |
| Nadler, Nat | USA | New York | NY | Engineer | |
| Naftal, Al | USA | New York | NY | Engineer | |
| § Ritzer, Stanley | USA | New York | NY | | Tradewinds/Hatikva |
| § Rosenfeld [Vardi], Ted | USA | New York | NY | Seaman | Pan Crescent/Atzmaut |
| † € Russel, Jack | | | | Asst. Cook | |
| § Schulman, Samuel | USA | Terre Haute | IN | Seaman | Pan Crescent/Atzmaut |
| Selove, Lou | USA | New York | NY | Engineer | |
| Siegel, Abe | USA | New York | NY | Seaman | |
| Siegel, Zev "Vevie" | USA | Washington | DC | Seaman | |
| ¥ Sklar, Lenny | USA | Boston | MA | Engineer | |
| Stanczak, Frank | USA | Camden | NJ | Chief Engineer | |
| Weinsaft, Harry | | | | Seaman | |
| § Weinstein, Cyril "Cy" | USA | New York | NY | 3rd Mate | Mala/Anemone |
| § Weiss, Mike | USA | New York | NY | Carpenter | Tradewinds/Hatikva |
| Name | Nat | Hometown | State | Duties | Other Ships Served |
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| Appley, George [Applebaum, Shmuel] | USA | New York | NY | 3rd Engineer | |
| Bernstein [Barnea], Yisrael | USA | Philadelphia | PA | Seaman | |
| Baum [Banai], Ralph | USA | Los Angeles | CA | Fireman | |
| ¥ Baum, David | USA | New York | NY | 2nd Engineer | |
| Baum, Mordechai | | | | | |
| ¥ Fendell, David | USA | Boston | MA | Seaman | |
| ¥ Frank, Yakov | | | | | |
| Halevi, Avraham | USA | St. Paul | MN | Baker | |
| # ¥ Lashner, Arye | USA | New York | NY | Radio Op | |
| § ¥ Marks, Bernard | USA | Cincinnati | OH | 2nd Mate | President Warfield/Exodus 1947 |
| Miller, Hans | | | | | |
| # ¥ Monash, Zvi Harold "Foxy" | USA | New York | NY | Seaman | |
| ¥ Peretz, Menachem |
USA | Milwaukee | WI | Galley | |
| Robins, Ellis "Buddy" | USA | Baltimore | MD | Fireman | |
| Schwartz, Max | USA | New Haven | CT | Seaman | |
| Sela, Yehuda | USA | New York | NY | Galley | |
| ¥ Shapiro, Aaron | USA | Newark | NJ | Seaman & Radio | |
| Sheffi [Shifman], Abe "Avi" | USA | New York | NY | Bosun | |
| Silverstein, Lawrence | USA | New York | NY | 1st Mate | |
| Sushman, Benjamin | USA | Boston | MA | Engine Room | |
| Name | Nat | Hometown | State | Duties | Other Ships Served |
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| Abells, Harold, R. "Hess" | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | 3rd Mate | |
| Berg, Bertram "Ben" | USA | Boston | MA | Chief Mate | |
| § Bernstein, Arthur | USA | Boston | MA | 2nd Mate | Ulua/Haim Alosoroff |
| † Biddle, James L. | USA | | | Fireman | |
| Binder [Enden], Dave | USA | | | Fireman | |
| † Braisely, Louis | | | | Oiler | |
| † Edmundson, Howard "Eddy" | USA | New York | NY | Messman | |
| Freedland [Yeriel], Jack | USA | New York | NY | Messman | |
| Gibraltar, Jared "Gerry" | USA | Boston | MA | Seaman | |
| € Goldberg, Sol | CAN | Montreal | Que. | | |
| Jacks, Stanley | USA | Bayonne | NJ | Galley | |
| Kahansky [Kahan], Lazarus | CAN | Montreal | Que. | 3rd Asst. Engineer | |
| ¥ Kaplansky, Eddy | CAN | Montreal | Que. | Seaman | |
| § Kolomeitzev, Arye | USA | Tuscon | AZ | Chief Engineer | Beauharnois/Wedgwood |
| Konigsberg, Louis (Leib) | USA | New York | NY | Wiper | |
| § Lebow, Aaron | USA | New York | NY | Oiler | Pan York/Kibbutz Galuyot |
| § Maltese, Danny | USA | New York | NY | Chief Mate | Mala/Anemone |
| § Meltzer, Irving | USA | New York | NY | Chief Radio Officer | Mala/Anemone |
| € † Mitchell, (First name unknown) |
USA | | | Captain | |
| § Morgan, Evan J. | USA | | | Captain | Paducah/Geula |
| Nezinsky [Lewis], Moris | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | Seaman | |
| Rabinovitch, Isadore | USA | New York | NY | Seaman | |
| Schelasnitzki [Shell], Manfred | USA | Detroit | MI | Chief Steward | |
| Shankman, Israel | USA | New York | NY | Pharmacist Mate | |
| Weiss, Marvin | USA | New York | NY | Electrician | |
| Name | Nat | Hometown | State | Duties | Other Ships Served |
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| Abrams, Sydney A. | USA | Seattle | WA | Seaman, Purser | |
| Baird, Pierre | USA | New York | NY | Chief Engineer | |
| # ¥ Ball, Louis (Arye) | USA | New York | NY | Messman | |
| Bergman, Elihu | USA | Seattle | WA | Seaman | |
| Blake [Shachori], David |
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| ¥ Bock, Philip | USA | New York | NY | Oiler | |
| § Brettschneider, Louis | USA | New York | NY | Fireman/2nd Engineer | Abril/Ben Hecht |
| Brownstein, Albert | USA | Chicago | IL | Seaman | |
| € † Christie, Paul | USA | | | 3rd Mate | |
| Fariallo, Charles | USA | | NJ | 1st Asst. Engineer | |
| Goldman, George (Eugene) | USA | New York | NY | Seaman | |
| Gooen, Martin H. | USA | New York | NY | Radio Op | |
| § † Greaves, Walter "Heavy" | USA | Providence | RI | Seaman/3rd Mate | Abril/Ben Hecht |
| Greer, David | USA | New York | NY | 2nd Mate | |
| § Gutmann, David Leo | USA | New York | NY | Oiler/3rd Engineer | Abril/Ben Hecht |
| € † Henderson, Alton | USA | | | 2nd Asst. Engineer | |
| Kallner, Moshe | USA | New York | NY | Messman | |
| Kellner, David | USA | New York | NY | Messman | |
| ¥ Kite, Arnold | USA | Chicago | IL | Seaman | |
| Kohlberg, Lawrence | USA | Westchester | NY | Oiler/Jr. Engineer | |
| Kulbersh, Benny | USA | Boston | MA | Radio Op | |
| Lipshutz, David (Ernest) | USA | New York | NY | Oiler | |
| Lombard, Daniel | USA | Los Angeles | CA | Wiper | |
| € † MacGarva, Richard | USA | | | 3rd Asst. Engineer | |
| § Morgan, Evan | USA | | | Chief Mate | Northland/Jewish State |
| Nieder, Bailey | USA | Seattle | WA | Fireman | |
| † Patzert, Rudolph | USA | New York | NY | Captain | |
| † Rivers, Francis | | | | | |
| Rotter, Leonard | USA | Los Angeles | CA | Fireman | |
| € Sandin, John | USA | New York | NY | Seaman | |
| # ¥ Schiff, Reuben | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | Seaman | |
| € Schindler, Ralph | USA | New York | NY | | |
| € Shass [Shachori][Blake], David | USA | Schenectady | NY | Seaman/Steward | |
| Solowitz, Sholom | USA | New York | NY | Boatswain | |
| € Sussman, Ben Ami | USA | New York | NY | Oiler | |
| Wurm, David | USA | | | Messman | |
| Name | Nat | Hometown | State | Duties | Other Ships Served |
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| § Alexander, Eugene | USA | New York | NY | Engineer | Ulua/Haim Alosoroff |
| Belkin [Nahshon], Gidon | | | | | |
| § Lifshitz, Arthur [Livney, Avi] | USA | New York | NY | Pharmacist, Purser | President Warfield/Exodus 1947 |
| § # ¥ Livingston, David | | | | | Ulua/Haim Alosoroff |
| § Rosenfeld [Vardi], Ted | USA | New York | NY | | President Warfield/Exodus 1947 |
| § Schulman, Samuel | USA | New York | NY | Deckhand | President Warfield/Exodus 1947 |
| § ¥ Weiss, Charles | USA | Westchester | PA | Boatswain, Engineer | Tradewinds/Hatikva |
| Name | Nat | Hometown | State | Duties | Other Ships Served |
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| § Lowenthal, David | USA | Pittsburgh | PA | Deckhand | President Warfield/Exodus 1947 |
| § Molofsky, Donald "Donny" |
USA | Baltimore | MD | Catering Dept. | President Warfield/Exodus 1947 |
| § ¥ Rostoker, Willie | CAN | Montreal | Que. | Acting 3rd Mate | Ulua/Haim Alosoroff |
| § Weingarten, Irving | USA | Buffalo | NY | Senior Deckhand | Ulua/Haim Alosoroff |
| Name | Nat | Hometown | State | Duties | Other Ships Served |
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| § Braverman, Hy | USA | New York | NY | Chief Engineer | Ulua/Haim Alosoroff |
| ¥ Feinberg, Hal [Galili, Zvi] | USA | New York | NY | 3rd Mate | |
| Gilden, Joe | USA | Baltimore | MD | Galley | |
| Greenfield, Murray S. | USA | New York | NY | 2nd Mate | |
| ¥ Kaminetzky [Kaye], Paul | USA | New York | NY | 3rd Asst. Engineer | |
| Katz, Harold | USA | Boston | MA | 1st Mate | |
| † Labaczewski, Augustine L. "Duke" | USA | Philadelphia | PA | Galley | |
| Levy, Bernard "Lee" | USA | Atlanta | GA | Galley | |
| Lewis, Josh | USA | Baltimore | MD | Engine Room | |
| † McDonald, Hugh | USA | Boston | MA | Seaman | |
| Nemoff, Alexander | USA | Detroit | MI | Engine Room | |
| Perlstein, Mike | USA | Philadelphia | PA | Engine Room | |
| Phillips, Adrian | USA | New York | NY | 2nd Asst. Engineer | |
| Reuben, Arnold | USA | New York | NY | Seaman | |
| § Ritzer, Stanley | USA | New York | NY | | President Warfield/Exodus 1947 |
| § Rosenberg, Marvin (Abby) | USA | New York | NY | 1st Asst. Engineer | Mala/Anemone |
| Rubenstein, Gerald | USA | Baltimore | MD | Purser | |
| Rubin, Irving | USA | New York | NY | Seaman | |
| € † Scanlon, Frank | | | | Temporary Captain | |
| Schlefstein, Leo | USA | Baltimore | MD | Bosun | |
| Starobinovitch, Sol [Gordon, Sam] | USA | Baltimore | MD | Engine Room | |
| ¥ Weinstein, Manny "Wingy" | CAN | Montreal | Que. | Seaman | |
| Weintraub, Sonny | USA | Baltimore | MD | Radio Officer | |
| § ¥ Weiss, Charles | USA | West Chester | PA | Engine Room | Pan Crescent/Atzmaut |
| § Weiss, Mike | USA | New York | NY | Carpenter | President Warfield/Exodus 1947 |
| Woodrow, Jerome [Ben Israel, Yakov] | USA | Detroit | MI | Engine Room | |
| Yellin, Saul | USA | Baltimore | MD | Engine Room | |
| Yellin, Sydney "Sid" | USA | Baltimore | MD | Captain | |
| Name | Nat | Hometown | State | Duties | Other Ships Served |
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| Abrahamson, Lester | USA | Los Angeles | CA | Deckhand | |
| § Alexander, Eugene | USA | New York | NY | Engineer | Pan Crescent/Atzmaut |
| § Bernstein, Arthur | USA | Boston | MA | Officer | Northland/Jewish State |
| Bernstein, Jack |
USA |
New York |
NY | Messman | |
| § Braverman, Hy | USA | New York | NY | Chief Engineer | Tradewinds/Hatikva |
| € Kramer, Joseph | USA | | | Deckhand | |
| # ¥ Linsky, Bernard (Baruch) | USA | Philadelphia | PA | Messman | |
| § # ¥ Livingston, David Gunter | | | | Fireman | Pan Crescent/Atzmaut |
| Marcus, Sam (Hans) | USA | Philadelphia | PA | Fireman | |
| Michaeli, Kalman "Mike" | USA | Hightston | NJ | Carpenter | |
| Newman, Rachmiel (Ralph) | USA | Rochester | NY | Oiler | |
| ¥ Ocopnick, Ben | CAN | Toronto | Ont. | Deckhand | |
| Pekofsky, Samuel "Hot Shot" | USA | New York | NY | Oiler/Electrician | |
| Potashnick, Albert | USA | Boston | MA | Radio Op | |
| Rav, Zvi "Big Zvi" | USA | Chicago | IL | Fireman | |
| § Rostoker, Willie | CAN | Montreal | Que. | Quartermaster | Pan York/Kibbutz Galuyot |
| € Schlegel, William | USA |
Baltimore |
MD | Captain | |
| Schmetterling, Irving Israel | USA | New York | NY | Purser/Medic | |
| € Schneirson, (First name not known) | CAN | | | Deckhand | |
| Starer, Reuben | USA | New York | NY | 3rd Engineer | |
| † Tillow, Willie | USA | Boston | MA | Deckhand | |
| § Weingarten, Irving | USA | Buffalo | NY | Bosun | Pan York/Kibbutz Galuyot |
| Name | Nat | Hometown | State | Duties | Other Ships Served |
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| Bacaner, Marvin | USA | Chicago | IL | | |
| Belman, Shimshon | USA | Chicago | IL | | |
| Bergman [Barkan], Mordechai | USA | Los Angeles | CA | | |
| Blockman, Mordechai | | | | | |
| Cohen, Eli | CAN | Montreal | Que. | | |
| Fleigler, Heine Franz | USA | Vienna | NY | 1st Mate | |
| Gotlib, David | | | | | |
| Gottlieb, William A. | | | | | |
| ¥ Katz, Moshe | CAN | Montreal | Que. | | |
| Kaufman, Elliot | USA | Baltimore | MD | | |
| Kirstein, Uri | | | | | |
| ¥ Kogan, Bernard | CAN | Montreal | Que. | | |
| § Kolomeitzev, Arye | USA | Tucson | AZ | Chief Engineer | Northland/Jewish State |
| Lerner, Alvin | | | | | |
| Lichtman, Jacob | USA | New York | NY | Captain | |
| ¥ Malkin [Ostrov], Arye | USA | New York | NY | | |
| Mendelson, Mendel | USA | New York | NY | | |
| Miller, Milton | USA | New York | NY | | |
| Mittelman, Philip | | | | | |
| Pleet, Yakov | CAN | Ottawa | Ont. | | |
| Pomerantz, Haim | CAN | Montreal | Que. | | |
| Rattner, Charles | | | | | |
| Rauff, Zeev | USA | New York | NJ | | |
| Reich, Philip | | | | | |
| Rubin, Hyman | | | | | |
| Schwarz, Szulim | | | | | |
| # ¥ Seligman, Dov | USA | New York | NY | | |
| ¥ Weingrod, Alvin | USA | Milkaukee | WI | | |
| Weisman, Samuel Shmuel | USA | Washington | D.C. | | |
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*If viewers of this Virtual Museum see errors or omissions that they can correct, such as misspelled names, missing names, or missing hometowns, editors of the Virtual Museum will appreciate being informed. For various reasons, including the great passage of time, it has been difficult to compile complete, accurate lists of veterans. Corrections and additions can be transmitted to israelvets-director@jou.ufl.edu
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