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Exodus by Leon Uris has long been one of my favorite books for many years and and a re-read of this beautiful book only enhanced my love for this book. The book of Exodus is the second book of the Bible also known as the Second Book of Moses. And Moses is considered an important prophet in three major world religions: Judiasm, Christianity, and Islam. And what can I say about this beautiful book that has stood the test of time. While I will admit that it is the romantic tale of Zionism in 1948, it is a powerful novel that I will continue to love.

The beautiful and enduring relationships that were forged throughout this time are unforgettable as well as the old patched together ship that was to transport three-hundred children, all survivors of German concentration camps, from the the island of Cypress to Palestine. But alas, the British were attempting to block the passage of the Exodus. And it is this dramatic showdown between the Palestinianians and the British that the course of the book is clear as we come to know those who have survived a grim history during World War II, but have that irrepressible spark of life that wants to find a better place just to be, to exist.

And a few of my favorite passages:

"From now on she will be known as the Exodus."

"Exactly what is this Mossad Aliyah Bet?" "The word aliyah means to arise, go up, ascend. When a Jew goes to Palestine it is always referred to as an aiiyah. . . always going higher than he was. Aleph or the letter a was used to designate the legal immigration. Bet or the letter b for the illegal. Therefore Mossad Aliyah Bet means Oranization for Illegal Immigration."

"With that, Ben Canaan took a Bible from the desk of the wheelhouse, opened it ot Ezekial and read: Thus sayeth the Lord God; When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the people among whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the nations, then they shall dwell in their land that I have given to my servant Jacob wherein your father's abode and they shall abide therein and even they and their children's children forever." Ari Ben Canaan put the Bible down. "The gentleman at Whitehall had better study their claims further I say the same thing to the Foreign Minister that a great man said to another oppressor three thousand years ago--LET MY PEOPLE GO."