LITTERS JEWISH RENAISSANCE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS www.detroitjewishnews.com LETTERS from page 6 " PUBLISHER' An Awesome Mission Arthur M. Horwitz ahorwitz@thejewishnews.com GENERAL MANAGER' - Where does one begin to tell the story F. Kevin Browett kevin@jewish.com of the experience of traveling with 93 Detroit teens, grades 9-12, to Israel for a /ADVERTISING SALESI month? Sales Manager As chair, I traveled with the Teen Dean Dimitrieski ddimitrieski@thejewishnews.com Mission 2004 from Detroit and Senior Account Executives through Israel for the first 17 days. It Kathy Johnson was a privilege and an awesome experi- Rick Nessel ence to share Israel with the Detroit Account Executives teenagers, along with 12 Israeli teens, Claudia Gerard our five American counselors, six Israeli Rebecca Holmes Melissa Litvin madrichim (counselors), the three Israeli Heidi Martin security members, our Detroit Anna Nicholas Federation's Israeli office staff and four Marcy Rastigue Detroit-area rabbis. [The mission was Kristen Wargelin sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Inside Sales Manager Metropolitan Detroit, Sam and Jean Meg Lyczak mlyczak@thejewishnews.com Frankel and the Detroit Jewish News in partnership with local congregations.] Inside Sales Representatives Sheryl Alpern The words, "beyond everyone's expec- Elizabeth Friedman tations" are insufficient. Amy Neistein, Jan Haskell Israel and Overseas coordinator for Barbara Lopez Dharlene Norris Federation, along with our rabbis spent June Thiesmeyer hundreds of hours making this trip a life-changing experience for our kids. Sales Coordinators Kristen M. Komlen All of us who were involved are so Mina Vickers proud to have been able to bring this trip to our teens — from having only BUSINESS OFFICES! one bus of 15 teens in early January to Accounting Manager sticking by our motto and commit- Irene Shotkin ment, "We're Going," and ultimately Executive Assistant/ filling three buses. Benefits Administrator The connections the kids made with Rita Geiringer our homeland was not taken for granted Office Staff by any of them; you could see it in their Maya Kay eyes and hear it in their voices. As a Jan Shain Pamela Turner result, we likely will see many of them again active at their colleges, synagogues Collection Analyst and , ultimately, as young adult leaders Hazel Bender in this community. ( CREATIVE SERVICES' The Frankels, who underwrote the creativeservices@thejewishnews.com majority of the trip, the congregational Creative Services Manager rabbis who helped recruit and program Michelle Sheridan every moment, the parents who put Graphic Artists their trust in Federation and the kids Cathy Ciccone who chose this mission as their summer Jean Etherington Kelli Johnson are the heroes and the true winners Anne Lada from the experiences that we all had Donna Pace together in Eretz Yisrad Deborah Schultz Nancy Schostak Todd Skiba co-chair, Teen Mission 2004 `.,Libby Welch Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit JN ONLINE' Bloomfield Township Webmaster Suzy Sherman ssherman@jewish.com Film-Lovers Feted 7/23 1526 OTTAWA STREET WINDSOR, CANADA www.freeds.com 2004 1-877-5-FREEDS 8 (537-3337) I wish to express my gratitude to the entire Jewish community for attending this spring's JCC Lenore Marwil Jewish Film Festival. 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