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don't know how you women do
it," said Federation staff member
Michael Maddin of Bus 13, one
of 110 staff on Federation's
Michigan Miracle Mission 4.
He was referring to the mission-goers'
fervent interest in shopping.
But Israeli bus guide Hanna Kessler
replied for the women, "You don't need
to know. Just give us the credit card!"
So it went for many women who took
their job seriously (admittedly having
fun) to aid Israel's ailing tourist econo-
my.
First-timers in Israel Carol Berg and
Pam Radzinski, both of Farmington
Hills, and repeat visitors Linda Nack
and Pat Harris-Linten, both of West
Bloomfield, had never met before their
trip to Israel. The women shared two
rooms and by the end of the mission
became good friends.
Their first bonding experience was
shopping. "When we first arrived, we
put our suitcases in our room and went
straight down to Old Jerusalem," said
Radzinski.
Nack guided the group to a favorite
jewelry store she had last seen 10 years
ago.
"I was on a mission for my daughter,"
says Harris-Linten. "I needed to buy a
Havdalah set, a T-shirt with 'Coke' in
Hebrew letters, a challah cover, dreidels
for my collection ..."
The next day, now knowing the lay of
the land, the four went down to Ben
Yehuda Street, a major tourist-shopping
area in Jerusalem. No cars, just a pedes-
trian mall. "It looks like 47th Street in
New York, with everything crowded
together and all kinds of stuff" said
Berg.
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"It's chatchke [knickknack] street," said
another shopper on the bus; Frida Gill
of Farmington Hills, on the trip with
her mother Nettie Adelsberg of
Southfield. "It's bargain alley"
Bus-mate Barbara Moretsky of
Bloomfield Hills said the merchants
were so pleased to see them. "It was
heart-tugging to have shopkeepers light
up — so pleased we were there." One
merchant told her he had better business
in a few days with the Detroiters than in
the last six months.
Perhaps that's the reason that Valeri
Sirlin, staff on Bus 7 with Congregation
Shaarey Zedek and Adat Shalom
Synagogue members, convinced the
merchants to open a little earlier and
stay open a little longer after Shabbat by
going store to store.
Wendy Wagenheim of Birmingham
said she was very moved when she saw a
sign in the window of a little shop on
Ben Yehuda Street that read, "Thank
you for your courage for coming to our
country"
But when you mention Ben Yehuda
Street to Berg, she thinks of the best
falafel she's ever had.
Ultimately, shopping in Jerusalem's
Old City, with the sights and sounds of
another time, had a special draw for the
tourists, especially at the Cardo, once the
main Jerusalem thoroughfare in
Byzantine times. "The Cardo was the
most exciting place to shop," said Berg.
"It was like going back in time; it's like
another world there." El
— Sharon Luckerman, staff writer
Related commentary: page 32
Ann Arbor connections: page 107
More photos:
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