SHIP TO MAKE AN 'EXODUS' TO ISRAEL.Byline: Lisa Friedman Washington Bureau WASHINGTON - A retired Coast Guard cutter will find a new life helping to tell the story of Jewish immigration immigration, entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important. to Israel under legislation the House passed Tuesday. The decommissioned ship Planetree will be repaired, revamped and renamed Exodus 2004 after one of the 67 ships - immortalized in Leon Uris' novel ``Exodus'' - that brought nearly 70,000 Holocaust survivors There are many famous Holocaust survivors who survived the Nazi genocides in Europe and went on to achievements of great fame and notability. Those listed here were, at the very least, residents of the parts of Europe occupied by the Axis powers during World War II who survived to then-Palestine after World War II. The vessel's eventual home - a museum in Atlit, Israel - once served as a camp for detaining refugees from Britain who tried to enter the country. ``The museum in Israel has no ship. It needs one to have the story told,'' said Phil Blazer Philip Paul Blazer (born February 25, 1936 in Munhall, Pennsylvania) is a former college and professional American football player. An offensive guard, he played college football at the University of North Carolina, and played professionally in the American Football League for the of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , the Jewish community activist who spearheaded the federal transfer. ``(The ship) will do more than just sit in a museum,'' he said in a telephone interview from his Sherman Oaks-based nonprofit, Jewish Life. ``It will be able to connect with Jewish and Christian youth groups.'' The House passed the bill without objection by voice vote. The transfer of the Planetree also will require Senate approval. No vote there is scheduled, but the transaction is considered noncontroversial and is not expected to cost the federal government any money. The Planetree has been mothballed near San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden since 1999. Blazer is raising private donations to dock the vessel in Long Beach and refurbish it, which he said should take about two years. Uris' novel, which was made into a film directed by Otto Preminger in 1960, tells the story of 600 Jewish refugees In the course of history, Jewish populations have been expelled or ostracised by various local authorities and have sought asylum from antisemitism numerous times. The articles History of antisemitism and Timeline of antisemitism contain more detailed chronology of anti-Jewish who broke out of a British detention camp on Cyprus and made their way to British-controlled Palestine. Blazer, who publishes the Jewish News in Los Angeles and hosts a Sunday morning Sunday Morning may refer to:
A short time later, former Israeli Transportation Minister Ephriam Sneh - whose father was once in charge of the country's mass clandestine immigration - mentioned to Blazer that the Atlit museum lacked a proper ship exhibit. The House legislation actually focused on a separate decommissioned Coast Guard cutter, the 180-foot Bramble bramble, name for plants of the genus Rubus [Lat.,=red, for the color of the juice]. This complex genus of the family Rosaceae (rose family), with representatives in many parts of the world, includes the blackberries, raspberries, loganberries, boysenberries, , which will be given to a Michigan museum. Rep. Howard Berman, D-Van Nuys, who on Tuesday called Blazer's quest a ``worthwhile cause,'' inserted a provision in the bill to hand the Planetree over to the Los Angeles nonprofit. |
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