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, “The Tradewinds,” from Baltimore to Palestine. Along the way, they picked up 1,500 displaced persons in Italy in the dead of night, and engaged in a naval battle with three British warships. And that is just the beginning of their astounding true story, upon which the award-winning novel and film Exodus was based. Through poignant, insightful, colorful and sometimes humorous interviews, interspersed with historic footage, the filmdocuments the...
