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Naomi, 11, Avi, 5, Joseph, and Elana Greenbaum, 8, are on their way to catch a
flight to New York.

a larger group. Jill and Joseph's
three short. After a quick back-track
brood may join travel-forces with
and start-over, he arrived at the air-
Fayga, David, Joseph's brother
port to find the plane delayed.
Michael, his wife Marla and their
"Then it was delayed and delayed
kids, Daniel, 21, Adam-, 18, Rachel,
again," Michael said. "Then they
16 and Noam, 13.
brought another plane, we changed
"Once, we all flew on this teeny
gates and got there in time to find
jet where row eight was the last row
out the new plane had mechanical
of the plane," Jill Greenbaum said.
difficulties and we were delayed
"We basically took over the whole
again."
plane.
Their long day included the
Fayga Greenbaum remembers, "I
delayed take off, landing, rental cars
am not the most calm flyer and they and three-hour drive from New
coerced me by not telling me in
York's LaGuardia Airport to their
advance that the plane was so small.
host-home in New Jersey. "We
I sat next to my granddaughter
pulled up at exactly the time we
Naomi who, at the time, was about
would have arrived had we driven all
7 or 8 and I must have looked really
the way from Detroit," Michael said.
frightened. She said to me, 'You
should see what you look like —
and I'm having so much fun."
Reciprocating
In addition to the linking of Fayga Even with most of the family living
and David's extended families,
on the East Coast, the New Jersey-
daughter-in-law Marla has her own
New York contingent does their own
personal connection. "Marla's broth-
share of traveling.
er is married to my first cousin," her
Two years ago, Fayga and David's
husband Michael Greenbaum said.
children planned a double party here
So Marla's family simchahs also
for a couple whose birthdays are
include all the Detroit-area
three days apart. "I kept saying it's
Greenbaums.
not a bar mitzvah or a wedding,
Michael and Joseph's families trav-
nobody's going to come," said Fayga
eled together to New York last
Greenbaum. "But 53 of them came
month to celebrate the bat mitzvah
from the East."
of the daughter of Marla's brother.
A few years ago, Jill and Joseph
The trip began slowly and kept get-
organized a non-simchah get-togeth-
ting worse.
er, inviting the entire family to meet
On the way to airport, Michael
in a hotel in the Catskills Mountains
glanced in the back seat of his car,
in New York during the holiday of
counted the suitcases and came up
Shavuot. "We decided we should try

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