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October 4 2012
A lively meeting was held in
late August at Shenandoah
Country Club in West
Bloomfield to promote the
joint 10-day trip to Israel
for Jews and Chaldeans next
April. A spirited and enthu-
siastic barrage of questions
followed a video featuring
some of the many sights the
participants would visit.
The trip, departing
Co-chair Jeannie Weiner uses a map of
Detroit on April 16, 2013,
Israel to outline stops on the trip.
and returning April 25,
2013, drew interest from a
variety of age groups, cou-
ples and singles, in both the Jewish
The day after the informational
and Chaldean communities.
meeting, a Chaldean couple was the
During the meeting, one person
first to register.
said he "hoped everyone he met at
"We have already filled almost all
his table was going to Israel" so he
of the slots allocated to Jewish par-
could be certain of a great time.
ticipants, and once that happens,
Some in attendance had never
we'll have to start a waiting list,"
traveled to Israel and were par-
said Robert Cohen of the Jewish
ticularly interested in an interfaith
Community Relations Council.
experience. Important Christian
"We may be able to add a second
and Jewish sites are included in the
tour bus to the trip, but the cost for
agenda and some unusual and dif-
those participants may be higher.
ferent locations are planned as well. So we encourage everyone with
Developed under the shared lead- an interest to immediately check
ership of the Detroit Jewish News
out the trip details on our website,
and Chaldean News through their
www.detroitjcrc.org, and if they
Building Community Initiative,
decide they want to go, they should
the trip is being coordinated by
sign up online as soon as possible!"
the Jewish Community Relations
The complete travel package of
Council of Metropolitan Detroit.
$3,695 per person (double occu-
Participants will visit the
pancy) includes five-star hotels,
Christian and Jewish quarters in
with full Israeli-style breakfasts and
the Old City of Jerusalem, Christian dinners at fine restaurants.
sites and Nazareth, and such popu-
An optional two-day extension
lar Israeli sites as Masada, the Dead to Eilat, Israel, and Petra, Jordan, is
Sea and Yad Vashem.
available.
They also will experience
A $250 deposit per person is
Sabbath preparations in Jerusalem
required to reserve a spot on the
and optional religious services at
trip. The deposit is refundable until
the Western Wall and Sunday Mass. December.
The trip will take them to Tel
Jeannie Weiner and Flo Atto are
Aviv and Jaffa to the learn the his-
co-chairs of the trip.
tory of the modern State of Israel;
Another informational meet-
and to the Central Galilee, where
ing will be held if there is enough
they will tour the partnership
interest in the Jewish and Chaldean
region of the Jewish Federation of
communities to require a second
Metropolitan Detroit, visit with
bus. For more information, contact
Israelis and stay in a kibbutz near
Robert Cohen at cohen@jfmd.org
Tiberias.
or (248) 642-2640. BC