Hundreds of Jewish youths are expected to come to Israel this summer on the same route taken by illegal immigrants 40 years ago. They will reconstruct the voyage of a Moapilim (illegal immigrants) ship, en route to the First World Conference of the Young Guard for Zionist Renaissance, to take place in Jerusalem.
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