This years
Walk for
Israel took a
different route.

ver 3,000 people put their
best foot forward Sunday in
the 20th annual Walk for
Israel. In a departure from
previous Walks, the event began at the
Jimmy Prentis Morris Jewish
Community Center and wound 3 1/2
miles through Oak Park and
Huntington Woods neighborhoods to
the Detroit Zoo. Awaiting the multi-
tudes at the zoo was music by the
Israeli Parparim Ensemble, a biblical
scavenger hunt, a mime, storytelling,
Israeli food and art, and lots of other
fun stuff.
"It was a glorious day," said Bert
Stein, a West Bloomfield resident who
served as a Walk volunteer with his
wife Marion. "Once we got to the zoo,
everybody had a smile on their face."
Stein liked the change of venue from
West Bloomfield because it brought
together the Orthodox and non-
Orthodox communities in a much big-
ger way than in previous years. The
event was sponsored by the Jewish
Federation of Metropolitan Detroit's
Michigan/Israel Connection. ❑

Left: Larry Kaplan of
Farmington Hills wears
his heart on his sleeve.

6/19
1998

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Background A happy crowd
on its way to the Detroit Zoo.