Living Well metro Detroit April 9-16 for a mifgash, or getting-acquainted "encounter." They'll learn about the Jewish community and life in Michigan while meeting local teens who are signed up for the mission. The two groups will get to know each other and make plans to keep in touch before reconvening this sum- mer. While here, the Israeli teens will visit the University of Michigan, attend Hebrew high school programs, and tour Detroit's Museum of African American History and West Bloomfield's Holocaust Memorial Center. Sightseeing will include the Fleischman Apartments, the Jewish Community Center, the Detroit Science Center, Great Lakes Crossing and Greenfield Village. The Israeli visitors will attend the Sheba Choir concert on April 9 at Congregation Shaarey Zedek and con- dude their trip with a Havdala cere-• mony and ice skating party. The visi- tors will stay with local families and attend high school with their host teens. "I hope to host a student," said Alissa Danzig of Temple Beth El. "I love meeting new people, especially from other countries. I find it very fun and interesting to learn about people's culture. I love learning about new experiences." To prepare local teens for the trip, the congregational high schools are holdirig pre-trip orientations led by rabbis who will be on the mission. Adat Shalom Rabbi Daniel Nevins said his goal is to provide essential trip information in hopes of inspiring a deeper experience. He said he hopes to shape group identity and create pre-trip contact among Israeli and Michigan teens. "I enjoy getting to know the teens in an informal and in-depth setting," Rabbi Nevins said. "The people, the land and the history of Israel are inspiring and challenging to the iden- tity of any Jew." He expects the impact of visiting Israel will be profound on the teen travelers.."Visiting with a group of their peers and with rabbis — my experience is that, within teens, some- thing clicks and they feel they're a part of something much larger that they had ever known." "The educational sessions make me so excited about the trip," said Adat Shalom's Robyn King, who noted that mission participants like herself had learned about the Western Wall on Teens CD-ROM. Temple Beth El's Rabbi David Castiglione educates his students on the history of Israel — both biblical and current times. He covers political dynamics, cultural and diaspora issues, and what it means to be Jewish in Israel. He also teaches basic Hebrew (enough to "get around"). "I am very indebted to the Jewish Federation and the Jewish community at large within Detroit to enable the students to go on such a trip," Rabbi Castiglione said. He added, "The trip gives the ability to grow the next generation of the Jewish community not only within the synagogue but across synagogue lines." The buses will caravan, as well as create individual itineraries. The trav- elers will have a variety of experiences — from hiking in the desert, rap- pelling down a mountain and riding a camel, to going on a dig, exploring Jerusalem's Old City and staying in a Bedouin tent. A Jeep ride in the Golan, Druze hospitality, visiting the Knesset and Mount Herzl, and enjoy- ing Eilat also are on tap. "I am looking forward to seeing the sunrise at Masada, the Wall, the Dead Sea and meeting new people," said Adat Shalom's David Boorstein. Trip sponsors are the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, Federation's Alliance for Jewish Education, the Agency for Jewish Education, the Jewish News and local congregations. "I know I am going to have an amazing time," said Temple Beth El's Alissa Danzig. "I will have wonderful experiences and memories. 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