Grauel sailed aboard the famed illegal refugee He who saves a John Stanley Grauel (1917 – September 1986) running ship the on March 23, 1947. The was a Methodist minister and American placed him aboard under the cover of a single life is as Christian Zionist leader. He was a crew member foreign correspondent for the Episcopal journal, ifif hehe hashas savedsaved of the famed refugee ship the SS Exodus-1947 The Churchman. He organized and transferred the entire world. and a secret “Haganah” operative. refugees from the Displaced Persons Camps Grauel is credited with being the key individual to the ship. Filling multiple roles, he acted as a who persuaded the United Nations Special liaison for the crew and the refugees. Committee on Palestine to recommend for the Partition Resolution of November 1947, creating the State of Israel. In a speech to the Jewish Agency, Golda Meir, referred to his testimony as the first appeal by a “priest, a perfectly worthy gentile, a priori, no Jewish witness was to be believed.” John Stanley Grauel Humanitarian and Supporter of the Jewish People

The State of Israel recognized Rev. Grauel Throughout his life through the Humanity Medal, the Fighter for he maintained close Israel Medal and the Medal of . He associations with Jewish died at his home in Roosevelt, New Jersey, and concerns. In the 1950s and was buried in Jerusalem, Israel, at services 1960s he led investigations attended by an Israeli Naval Honor Guard, B’nai into the terrible conditions Brith, members of the Bet and fellow of living in Morocco crew members of the Exodus. and Algeria. In 1975 he led one of the first Jewish youth tours of the Nazi concentration camps in Europe. Reverend Grauel was drawn to numerous humanitarian efforts including the American Civil Rights and Native American struggles. John.Stanley.GrauelSOJC