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Esther Davis was 18 when she boarded a ship from New York to "Eretz Israel." She won a free, three-month trip to Palestine from Young Judaea after winning an essay contest from the Zionist organization. On the fourth day of her journey, in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, Davis wrote in her journal: "I went to first class, and some chap introduced himself to me. His name is Rubin and...