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feeling. I already go to services at
Shaarey Zedek on a regular basis."
Bekah Parker, 16, and Lori Lofman,
15, were returnees to Israel. After
their second trip, the West Bloomfield
teens came back to Detroit with a mis-
sion of their own.
"We're going to tell all our friends
who haven't been there how impor-
tant it is to visit Israel," Bekah said.
"It so easy to feel at home there,"
said Lori.
As parents begin to inquire about the
mission, Bekah and Loui said they will
share their journals. But at the same
time, they'll want to be left alone.
"It's too hard to explain everything
that happened to us," Lori said. El

propped in the terminal window, waiting pa-
tiently for the El Al jet to return with her
daughter, Lisa. In one hand she clenched a
bundle of bltie and white helium ballop#S,
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on the small window ledge w ere.
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Opposite page:
After spending over four weeks together, Sarah
Littman hugs Marissa Wengrow goodbye.

This page:
Left: Mike and Joel Mazur embrace. Joel was
among the first of the teens off the plane.

Below: Gayle and Marty Lofman wait for their
daughter, Leslie. They react to seeing their niece,
Lori Lofman.

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Mic.hael's mom can relate
to that. When she was a
teen and a member of
Shaarey Zedek, she took a
United Synagogue Youth
trip to Israel.
Cheri Silverman talked
to her son Ian Monson three
times during the mission.
Her son, she said, couldn't
find enough adjectives to de-
scribe his experiences.
Ms. Silverman, who also
went to Israel when she was
in high school, said her ex-
perience made her proud of
who and what she is.

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