Saving Israel: The Unknown Story of Smuggling Weapons and Winning a Nation's Independence - Dvir, Boaz
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Saving Israel is history that reads like a thriller. It tells the story of how a group of American World War II veterans risked their lives, freedom, and US citizenship to arm newborn Israel with basic war instruments and battle-ready planes, aiming to prevent what they viewed as an imminent genocide.

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Produktbeschreibung
Saving Israel is history that reads like a thriller. It tells the story of how a group of American World War II veterans risked their lives, freedom, and US citizenship to arm newborn Israel with basic war instruments and battle-ready planes, aiming to prevent what they viewed as an imminent genocide.
Autorenporträt
Boaz Dvir is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker who produced and directed the PBS documentary A Wing and a Prayer, which tells this story and which won best feature documentary at the 2016 Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival and has screened around the world at such venues as the American Jewish Historical Society in New York, Columbia University¿s Global Center in Paris, and the Library Film Festival in India. Dvir teaches journalism at Penn State and has also produced and directed the documentaries Jessie¿s Dad, Discovering Gloria, and Cojot, about a French banker who sets out to kill former Nazi Klaus Barbie. His films have been covered by the Huffington Post, MSNBC, the New York Post, Haaretz, the Miami Herald, Stars and Stripes, and other publications. Dvir has written for Newsday, the Miami Herald, the Tampa Bay Times, the Jerusalem Post, the Times of Israel, and Explore magazine.