The true story of a modern-day Moses. In 1946, defying the blockade of the British Mandate to deliver 4,500 Jewish refugees to Palestine, Harel captained the Exodus, awakening the world's consciousness to the need for a Jewish state.The Academy Award-winning film Exodus was partly based on these events. "Masterfully [describes] both Harel's biography and the suffering and determination of the refugees... provides much-needed historical depth to contemporary political debates."—Publishers Weekly