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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1990
Mission participants look at the rubble of a crematorium at Birkenau.
stand. "We were at a death
camp, and kids walked out
eating ice cream cones," she
said.
Mission participants left a
permanent legacy in Poland
presenting books on Jewish
topics to the library of the
Jewish Historical Society in
Warsaw.
They also met with leaders
of Poland's new government,
members of the Catholic
Church and the Israeli Am-
bassador to Poland. Two
American scholars par-
ticipated in the trip and led
panel discussions on the
future of Jews in Poland.
After four days in Poland,
the group took the first flight
ever fromKrakow to Tel Aviv.
In Israel, the Detroit par-
ticipants visited their Project
Renewal city, Yavne. "We saw
the results of our dollars,"
said Ms. Lippitt. The city now
has a day care center, an old
age home and additional com-
munity services because of
Detroiters' contributions to
Project Renewal.
Ms. Perlman's wife, Bar-
bara, instituted a pen pal
relationship between fourth
and fifth grade students at
the Hebrew Day School of
Ann Arbor and students from
Yavne. The Perlmans have a
daughter who is a fifth grader
at the school.
Ms. Lippitt said the two
parts of the Morasha Mission
were diametrically opposed.
In Poland, where the average
age of a Jewish citizen is 75,
the visitors saw the remnants
of Jewish life. In Israel, they
witnessed the resettlement of
Soviet Jews as new Israeli
citizens.
The emotional highlight for
many was greeting a plane of
Soviet olim. "We woke up at
4:30 a.m. and were running
on such a lack of sleep, but it
was so phenomenal," said Ms.
Lippitt.
"The future for their
children is so much brighter
just landing on Israeli soil.
We were crying; they were
crying. This is what Israel is
all about," she said.
Soviet olim gave a musical
performance for the mission.
"They had been in Israel nine
months or less," Mr.
Pearlman said, "and the
assembled talent was so out-
standing."
Mission participants agreed
that one of the low points of
the trip was witnessing how
the lack of tourism is hurting
Israel. "We were the largest
group that visited Israel the
whole fall," said Mr. Perlman.
Said Ms. Garfield, "I didn't
once feel my security was
threatened in Israel. But in
Poland when we sat in the
synagogue during the
wonderful performance, I felt
a sense of persecution. I an-
ticipated the Gestapo would
break in any minute."
David Victor, of Birm-
ingham, said the trip's
itinerary taught an impor-
tant lesson:
"The best way to see Israel
is to go to Eastern Europe
first. It puts the significance
of Israel into perspective,"
said Mr. Victor. "To us, Israel
, has been a fact since we were
born. But to go to Poland first
just hits home. The phrase
`Jewish homeland' makes a
lot more sense." Li
California Trip
Set For February
West Bloomfield Parks and
Recreation will offer a seven
day trip to Palm Springs and
San Diego, Calif., Feb. 15-22.
This $899 per person package
will include five nights at the
Oasis Resort in Palm Springs
and a two night stay at the
Marriott Suites in Costa
Mesa, seven breakfasts, five
dinners plus additional side
trips.
To learn about this vacation
package, attend a special film
presentation detailing this
trip's offerings 7:30 p.m. Jan.
15 at the parks and recrea-
tion office.