2009
June 2009
Thursday 25 June 2009
Thu 25 Jun, 2 pm. 1001 Watertown Street, West Newton, 02465. Sara Rubin, 617-244-9899, info@bjff.org. Boston Jewish Film Festival - [events]
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Buy Tickets Waves of Freedom Becheshkhat Ha'galim Director: Alan Rosenthal Country: Israel, USA, released 2008 Duration: 52 min., Video Language: English Recruited in 1947 by the Haganah to break the British naval blockade of Palestine, Paul Kaye and twenty-five other American recruits set sail in a dilapidated ship, pick up 1,500 displaced persons in the dead of night, and engage in a naval battle with three British warships. And that is just the beginning of their astounding true story.