age, it was impossible to
hey had
believe, through their
been
exhaustion and emotion-
through
al ups and downs, that
10 days of
they could achieve still
tours, get-
another high.
ting on
Rabbi Efry Spectre
and off
knew it would happen
Buses )15
this way. But he couldn't
and 16. Guides spoke of
explain it ahead of time.
archaeology, history,
The travelers had been
religion and wars. There
observers for most of this
were moments of prolonged
trip. Now, he knew,
tears, followed later by
they'd be participants. It
unstoppable laughter.
was listed as just anoth-
If it was Tuesday, it
er stop that would be
must be that outdoor
remembered as a snippet
fruit and vegetable mar-
in time. Instead, it was
ket in Tel Aviv; Wed-
the time
nesday at
of all
Yad Va-
times.
shem;
When
Thursday
Adat
an absorp-
Shalom's
tion cen-
rabbi
ter. There
looked
was a
outside
booklet
the front
full of
window of
stops for
his bus,
each bus
he check-
and each
ed his traveling compan-
day on the Miracle
ion to make sure all was
Mission tour.
O.K. Then he peered out,
But when the members
heard the voices of
of the two buses made a
schoolchildren singing,
different type of visit on
saw the chuppah they
the last day of their voy-
This is the first in a series of stories chronicled from the
recently completed Michigan Miracle Mission.
Rabbi Ef ly Spectre
and Ada t Shalom
carry out a mission
of thei r awn.
a
c
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STORY BY PHIL JACOBS
PHOTOGRAPHY BY GLENN TRIEST
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