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Thousands of visitors have already “boarded” the true-to-life boat at the Jabotinsky Museum, recreating the drama of the “Af Al Pi” Aliyah Bet illegal immigration initiated by the Revisionist Movement in the 1930’s.
Among the visitors have been such dignitaries as Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Cabinet Ministers Yuli Tamir, Ze’ev Boim and Yitzchak Herzog, Opposition Leader Benjamin Netanyahu, Jewish Agency Director Ze’ev Bielski, Knesset members, mayors, public figures, key education and culture figures, former aliyah bet immigrants, and scores of Israeli youth.
The Af Al Pi presentation consists of an exhibit and an 18-minute film portraying the dramatic story of the Aliyah Bet, which from 1934 brought some 30 ships – many in dangerously dilapidated condition – carrying over 20,000 immigrants to safety in Eretz Israel. These men, women, and children from a darkening Europe came in response to Jabotinsky's call, in a rescue mission he termed "The National Sport."
Visitors to the exhibit enter the recreated boat, and experience its grueling journey from a European port to the Promised Land. The film is projected on a giant screen, bringing viewers directly into the drama they see and hear around them. The true-to-life sensation is enhanced by such special effects as artificial mists and splashing water, the motion of the rolling sail, as well as the thunder, lightening, and fog that surrounded the precarious voyage. The film, a joint production of architect Anat Herman-Vintzigter and Disk-In Studios, is presented in Hebrew, English, Russian and French.
The exceptional multi-media presentations of “Af Al Pi” and its fellow exhibit "Ze’ev Jabotinsky – A Historical Life-Span"
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