2008
August 2008
Thursday 28 August 2008
Thu 28 Aug, 7-9 pm. On June 20, 1948, the ship Altalena arrived in Israel carrying 930 World War II refugees. Also on board, ammunition amassed by the Irgun in direct violation of Ben Gurion’s new military chain-of-command. Nearly igniting a civil war in the newly-established country, Ben Gurion gave the order to fire the ship. “The mind-boggling fact,” writes the Jewish Forward, “of Jew firing on Jew and the power play between Begin and Ben-Gurion make this extraordinary documentary a must-see.”. Vilna Shul, 18 Phillips Street, Boston, 02114. Steven Greenberg, Director, 617 523 2324. Boston Center for Jewish Heritage - [email][events]