{"product_id":"without-permission-conversations-letters-and-memoirs-of-henry-mandel-9781644695944","title":"Without Permission: Conversations, Letters, and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHenry Mandel (1920-2015), a crewman aboard the Jewish Illegal Immigrant ship Abril\/Ben Hecht, a prisoner in Acre fortress and a volunteer for the Israeli Army during the 1948 Arab - Israeli War, was an Orthodox Jew whose reminiscences provide a uniquely illuminating perspective on the creation of the Jewish state. Mandel smuggled in electric batteries to prisoners planning an escape from Acre Prison. After being released, Mandel helped set-up a secret bazooka shell plant in New York which was reassembled in Israel with his assistance as a foreign volunteer.  Personal narratives of the Ben Hecht crew are complemented by editorial historical analysis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“You’ve probably never heard of Henry Mandel. Neither had I until I read Without Permission… A machinist who died in New York City in 2015, Mandel was an ardent American Zionist who helped create Israel’s arms industry and challenged Britain’s ban on Jewish immigration to Mandate Palestine. … Without Permission… covers Mandel’s career in workmanlike fashion. Mandel was a rare individual, a man of conviction and action who selflessly devoted himself to a cause higher than himself.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e— Sheldon Kirshner, \u003ci\u003eTimes of Israel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eWithout Permission\u003c\/i\u003e is one of those rare achievements that succeeds in twinning painstaking historical research with a compelling personal story. Flaks welcomes the reader into the remarkable life of his grandfather Henry Mandel, a man of courage who served as a Merchant Marine and a volunteer sailor aboard the S.S. Ben Hecht, a ship that sought to challenge the British ban on Jewish emigration to Palestine. Drawing upon eyewitness accounts, oral history and interviews, archival documents, letters and speeches, and significant original research, Flaks' book offers a personal perspective on those complicated moments at the dawn of modern Israel. He demonstrates that Mandel and his fellow crewmen 'struck a significant blow against the British Empire and its imperialist policy of denying the Holocaust survivors of Europe a permanent home and national self-determination.' Joining personal narratives and testimonies with superb historical contextualization, \u003ci\u003eWithout Permission\u003c\/i\u003e is a must-read for anyone interested in the American Jewish experience and the founding of Israel!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Ariel Evan Mayse, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Stanford University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrécis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart I - Interviews and Reminiscences of Jewish Illegal Immigrant Ship Ben Hecht Crewman Henry Mandel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterview Key\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1 - Vienna Born, Bronx Bred\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2 - The War Comes Home\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3 - The Merchant Marine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 4 - From Gowanus Canal to Atlantic Crossing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 5 - Final Preparations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 6 - The Irgun Had Other Ideas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcre Prison\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrison Pictures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrayer \u0026amp; Paratrooper Boots\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Marine Carp\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew York, New York\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 7 - Bazooka Plant\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAmerican Jewish Underground\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVolunteering for the Israeli Army\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart II - Letters and Contextual Commentary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 8 - The Bergson Group\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 9 - The Mission and the Crew\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 10 - Atlantic Crossing to the Mediterranean Sea\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 11 - The Palestine Run\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 12 - Piracy on the High Seas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 13 - Break Out\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 14 - Release\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 15 - MACHAL\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 16 - A Mercy Ship's Legacy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 17 - Family \u0026amp; Brotherly Love\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNeither Tide Nor Time\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReligious Liberty\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReflections on Aging\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 18 - Civil Servant \u0026amp; Union Activist\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 19 - Reflections of a Long Life\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography \u0026amp; Works Cited\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcronyms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArticles \u0026amp; Archival Documents\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterviews\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBooks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Editor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHebrew Language Summary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Academic Studies Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359911346519,"sku":"9781644695944","price":15.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781644695944.jpg?v=1754126090","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/without-permission-conversations-letters-and-memoirs-of-henry-mandel-9781644695944","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}