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3 Israel Trips •
One A Bit Shaky

Have bombings taken a toll on the sign-up
for summer missions?

RUTH LITTMANN STAFF WRITER

lans for three major trips travel with an armed escort or
from Detroit to Israel — two, and we instruct the students
the teen, singles and Hil- as to what they should look for in
lel missions — are still in terms of danger signs."
These procedures are nothing
the works, despite recent terror-
out of the ordinary, say Ms.
ist attacks killing more than 60
Starkman and other communal
people, including two Americans.
trip coordinators, like Jane Sher-
"I hope terrorism doesn't de-
ter us from creating wonderful man and Jim Rosenberg. With or
without the specter of recent
opportunities," says Miriam
Starkman, executive director of tragedy, travelers to Israel are
subject to a litany of safety mea-
Hillel of Metro Detroit, a group
catering to college age and old- sures, including baggage checks,
private transportation, security
er.
Ms. Starkman is organizing guards and guidelines against
taking hitchhikers.
Hillel's second annual Tri-Trip-
The first-ever Teen Mission,
pin' mission to Israel, scheduled
for May 5 to 17. She notes that sponsored by the Jewish Feder-
registration is slower than last ation of Metropolitan Detroit, will
take off this summer with 240
year.
Applications are due April 1, young people. Ms. Sherman, who
and by midweek, only nine had also directs the Michigan Mira-
been submitted with the required cle Mission, reports that there
have been no cancellations.
$500 deposit. If, by the beginning
'We've been filled up for
of next month, Ms. Starkman
months," she says. "Parents have
hasn't received at least 15 appli-
called with concerns. I think
cations, the trip will be canceled.
we've alleviated them. We are not
'The terrorist attacks came at
the time when people were mak- taking the teen-agers any place
ing their final decisions," she where we feel they'd be in jeop-
ardy."
says.
The same goes for Federation's
The HMD office, located on the
Singles Mission, also planned for
campus of Wayne State Univer-
this summer. Spokesperson Jim
sity, has received about 15 "seri-
ous inquiries" from students and Rosenberg says a recruitment
meeting held last week
parents worried about
safety during the May Detroit J ews are drew about 30 interest-
excursion.
following through ed parties — fewer than
"Most of the concern with mis sions to last year, but he attrib-
Isra el.
utes the lower head
comes from people who

p

BY RICHAR D SHEINWALD

raft

have not been to Israel before,"
Ms. Starkman says. "I'm -telling
people that we're observing every
precaution possible. We will take
no unnecessary risks.
"For example, we do not trav-
el on public transportation. We
have our own, privately chartered
bus. We don't go behind the green
line (Palestinian territories). We

count to the fact that outreach is
beginning earlier in 1996.
"The trip won't be canceled,"
Mr. Rosenberg says. "No one
has called with any concerns. (At
the meeting) there was really
nothing brought up about
terrorism. People were excited c—\
about going to Israel for the sum-
mer."

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