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Dustin Schwartz of Bloomfield Hills and Michael

Hords of Franklin help paint a classroom mural for
the Federation-funded Youth Futures program in
Migdal HaEmek.

Charlie Burg of Birmingham and
Rabbi Daniel Schwartz of Temple

Shir Shalom engage in some biblical
cooking, as Carly Wolf of West
Bloomfield looks on.

"My teen
een mission
experience as an Israeli
participant was amazing! My bus
became my family in four days. I am
sure that the friends I have made on this
mission will be my friends for a lifetime. The
mission made me understand how proud I am
to be a Jew and how proud I am to be an Israeli
involved in Michigan's special community: I
am going to take part in more of the part-
nership programs. Thanks so much for a
great month! ))

Tal Yitzhaki of Timrat, Israel,

TM12 participant

aft,

Ari Suris of Bloomfield Hills, Levi Teitel and

Mathew Lefkofsky, both of West Bloomfield,
check out some Dead Sea mud.

We greatly appreciate how
well-planned the trip was, includ-
ing the great itinerary which allowed
the kids to experience so many different
parts of Israel. Our daughter, Danielle
Jacobson, had a wonderful adventure dur-
ing her experience in Israel for the first
time. She can't wait to return! ))

- Stephanie Freedman of Bloomfield

Hills, TM12 parent

Maddi lshbia and Annabel Singer, both of West
Bloomfield, play drums with Ethiopian children
during a visit to a Federation-supported program

in Netanya.

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Kyle Otis of Waterford, Ryan Rosenthal of Franklin

Shehechiyanu ceremony in Jerusalem upon arrival with

and Jeremy Cohn of West Bloomfield enjoy a

Rabbis Daniel Schwartz, Temple Shir Shalom; Jennifer

Bloomfield Hills, TM12 donor family members, visit

shawarma lunch in Jerusalem's Jewish Quarter.

Lader, Temple Israel; Aaron Starr, Congregation Shaarey

with students in the Central Galilee, Federation's

Zedek; and Josh Bennett, Temple Israel

Partnership Region.

Emily Kaufman of Chicago and Sue Kaufman of

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