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Will Take Off June 25

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mid a backdrop of celebra-
tions marking 50 years of
Israeli statehood, 208
Detroit teens will travel to
Israel this summer for a close-up look
at the land and its people.
Teen Mission 2 Israel's five-week
excursion will load nine buses accord-
ing to the various branches of Judaism
and send each on a tailor-made jour-
ney headed by an Israeli guide and a
spiritual leader/educator serving as
rosh kvutza.
"It's a partner-
ship with the con-
gregations," said
Teen Mission
coordinator Susan
Levin of
Birmingham. "It
gives an opportu-
nity for the rabbis
to bond with *their
congregants. And
it's an opportunity
for Reform Jews
to learn about
Conservative Jews,
and for
Conservatives to
Scott Sadoff talks with Israeli teens Amit Yizraeli and Ben
learn about
Levi at a pizza party during the Detroit mifg-ash.
Reform."
Teen Mission 2
prayer service. The groups will reunite
Israel is sponsored by the Jewish
once a week for mega events that
Federation of Metropolitan Detroit
include dinner, Havdalah on the
and its Michigan/Israel Connection in
southern
steps of the Western Wall, a
cooperation with the Agency for
post Shabbat at Voodoo Disco, water
Jewish Education, Metropolitan
activities at Lavnoon Beach, home
Detroit congregatilins, The Jewish
hospitality and a farewell party.
News, the Fresh Air Society, Jewish
Michelle Hutton, 16, is active with
Community Center and community
NFTY at Temple Israel. She signed up
foundations and donors. Invitations
for the trip to gain more knowledge
were extended to affiliated students in
about Israel and her Jewish heritage.
grades 10-12. Unaffiliated teens were
"I'm really excited about seeing the
welcome to join the bus of their
big
cities like Jerusalem and Tel Aviv,"
choice. The laws of Kashrut and
said the religious and cultural vice
Shabbat will be observed during the
president of her youth group. "And I
trip, which runs June 25-July 30.
really want to see the Western Wall.
"The idea of the community com-
It's so spiritual. I want to go and feel
ing together with funding and pro-
that special feeling that everyone talks
gramming is really an incredible
about."
thing," said Rabbi Joshua Bennett,
Scott Sadoff, 16, a member of
who is leading a 60-member con-
Congregation
Beth Abraham Hillel
stituency from Temple Israel. "One of
Moses,
views
Teen
Mission 2 Israel as
the wonderful pieces of this trip is
an experience of a lifetime. "Your reli-
building relationships within the
gion is a part of you that's never ful-
movement. It leads them to be more
filled until you go back and visit your
active and committed to the Jewish
homeland."
community when they come back to
During the 12-week, pre-trip edu-
the states."
cation
program held in the Detroit
Rabbi Daniel Nevins has been busy
area
earlier
this year, Sadoff brushed
recruiting staff and students and
up
on
his
Hebrew
and learned how to
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from Adat Shalom Synagogue.
"I love Israel and I want to share
my love of Israel with the teens. I
think it's a transformatory experience
for them," said Nevins, who is serving
on the program cabinet. "It's an
unusual opportunity for me to help
shape an experience that affects hun-
dreds of teens from Detroit ... and to
be involved in a partnership with the
Reform and Conservative move-
ments."
Though each bus group will follow
its own sightseeing itinerary, the
groups will gather daily to share a