Random Israel Facts

DID YOU KNOW...
...that the Af-Al-Pi-Chen is the only ship that remains from the illegal Aliyah Bet in the time of the British Mandate? The Aliyah Bet helped Jewish refugees illegally immigrate to Israel after the Holocaust. The Af-Al-Pi-Chen set sail from Italy to then-Palestine in 1947, was boarded by British destroyers and the passengers were sent to a detention camp in Cyprus. The original ship in 1962 was taken apart and then reassembled on the foot of Mount Carmel where it is now part of a museum.

WERE YOU AWARE...
...that the State of Israel Bonds Organization was created in 1951 to support the dredging economy of early-state Israel? Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion launched the first campaign at Madison Square Garden in May 1951. That first campaign raised $52.6 million in bonds for the State of Israel.

HAVE YOU HEARD...
...that Israel's "Save a Child's Heart" is the largest undertaking in the world providing free critical pediatric heart surgery and follow-up care to children from developing countries? The organization brings children from developing countries to Holon, a suburb of Tel-Aviv, where they are operated on by volunteer nurses and doctors. The organization was founded in 1995 by Dr. Amram Cohen, an American immigrant to Israel, and is supported by volunteers and donations from around the world.