A man who was on the ship Exodus turned 100 in Israel. Leon Hershlikowicz celebrated his centenary in Tel Aviv on Monday. Hershlikowicz survived two world wars, the Holocaust and a stint as a prisoner in Russia before moving to Israel.
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