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Maapilim

The maapilim were the Jewish immigrants who arrived in British Mandate Palestine outside the official quotas, especially around the Second World War years. Posts here pick up their story at two coastal arrival points: the Atlit detention camp area near Zichron Yaakov, and the Tel Aviv beachfront where some of the boats came ashore.

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The memorial to the maapilim - illegal immigration - Tel Aviv
Centre · Tel Aviv

Modern Tel Aviv

A second day of touring Tel Aviv, this time tracing its modern development — the cultural quarter, Sarona, the Tachana, the ha'apala memorial, Rabin Square, the old port and the Yitzchak Rabin Centre.

Apr 2014 · 3 minute read
Tel Aviv Art Museum The German Colony of Sarona The Old Train Station, Tel Aviv The memorial to the maapilim - illegal immigration - Tel Aviv Memorial to Yitzchak Rabin at Rabin Square Tel Aviv Port Memorial at the Yitzchak Rabin Centre / Israeli Museum
Rothschild coat of arms at Ramat Hanadiv Park
Centre · Sharon

Zichron Yaakov and surroundings

A field trip from Zichron Yaakov and the First Aliyah pioneers to Baron de Rothschild's mausoleum at Ramat Hanadiv, the Etzel and Roman ruins at Shuni, the Mei Kedem aqueduct and the Atlit detention camp.

Oct 2013 · 5 minute read
Children's graves in the Zichron Yaakov cemetery Rothschild coat of arms at Ramat Hanadiv Park Etzel Memorial at Shuni Theatre at Shuni Inside the Roman aqueduct in Mei Kedem Reconstruction of a 'maapilim' ship at Atlit
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