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for a social outlet while others may
want to get involved with some-
thing that's educational Some, for
example, have expressed an in-
terest in taking conversational
Hebrew."
For those teens who want to ed-
ucate others about Israel, Mr.
Samson is planning an Israel ed-
ucation caravan. Students will vis-
it synagogues, educating
fifth-graders on Israel.
"We will start with the fifth-
graders, but we will go to any
teacher's classroom who wants to
hear teens talk to his students
about Israel," Mr. Samson said.
Long before the start of the mis-
sion, trip organizers acknowl-
edged the key to making the
program a success wasn't so much
what happened in Israel, but
what occurs after bags were un-
packed and daily life returned to
normal.
What surprised Mr. Samson
and mission organizers is the
number of post-trip activities the
participants planned for them-
' selves.
The teens have had bus re-
unions, occasionally meeting at

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the home of their rabbis or in their
own homes. Marissa Wengrow of
Troy recently had 24 of her bus-
mates over for a Shabbat dinner
and a Havdalah service.
Annie Lefkowitz, a 16-year-old
student at Andover High School,
is writing the first mission
newsletter. It will be published in
a few weeks.
The newsletter will consist of
articles written almost exclusive-
ly by the teens, although rabbis
will also contribute to the publi-
cation. It will keep participants in
touch with each other and an-
nounce post-mission activities and
volunteer opportunities.
"The idea behind all this is to
get them going on their own and
keep them energized," Mr. Sam-
son said. 'We want these kids to
remain involved in the communi-
ty and make Judaism cool, not a
chore." CI

2%• A reunion for participants
of the Miracle Mission for
Teens is scheduled for Sunday,
Oct. 13, at U.S. Blades in West
Bloomfield. For information,
, call (810) 354-1050.

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"The [members of the] immi-
grant Jewish generation were not
only the ultimate entrepreneurs,
but pioneers in every sense of the
word," says Judy Levin Cantor
of the Jewish Historical Society.
"They set out to make a living
and fanned out throughout the
whole state, taking their Jewish
ways with them to all parts of
Michigan."

from the state's 151 Jewish fam-
ilies — went off to fight in the
Civil War.
Some of Michigan's oldest syn-
agogues are on the same routes
as the camps set up by lumber-
men to ply their trade. Jewish
peddlers followed in their path,
Ms. Cantor explained, setting up

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