Botanicals
Botanicals
By Laurie Tennent
By Laurie Tennent
connection with real typical Israelis
and got to see and learn about Israel
in a new and different way."
A Great Success
Leadership at Bnei Akiva, FJA and
Ohel Moed expressed a desire to
bring two more shlichim here next
year.
"It was a successful year mainly
because of the cooperation of the
community:' Atai said. "That made us
feel a part of the families. We have no
doubt the connection will continue.
The love and the devotion of the
people of the community is extraor-
dinary, and we are really touched by
that, and we truly appreciate every-
thing they did for us."
Grossman said, "We see this pro-
gram now as part of the FJA experi-
ence; we are in the process of secur-
ing bachurim for next year."
Continuation of the program will
be welcomed largely because of the
impression left by the two shlichim
who are getting ready to leave.
"Amots and Atai have made a huge
impact on our community:' Eden
Gilan said. "All the activities, like
movie nights and Shabbat afternoon
SNIFs, have changed West Bloomfield
in a positive way. We are really going
to miss them next year:'
Her mom, Lisa, added, "It is almost
hard to describe in words how won-
derful it has been getting to know
Amots and Atai. They have become
part of our family. They have taught
us about Israel and what we have in
common and what our differences
are.
"We had many questions for them
about life on a kibbutz, their experi-
ence in the army, their families, and
we were eager to teach them about
our community as well:' she said.
"Amots and Atai are warm, friend-
ly, creative, giving, amazing role
models and will be very, very hard to
replace. We are talking about going to
Israel next summer as a family:' Gilan
said. "And one main reason would be
to visit Amots and Atai"
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For information on the 6 p.m.,
Thursday, June 13, Ohel Moed
of Shomrey Emunah annual
dinner at the synagogue,
6191 Farmington Road, West
Bloomfield, call Rabbi Eliyohu
Jundef at (248) 320-6693 or
email Shaindle Braunstein-
Cohen at shaindleilme.com .
For information on Bnei Akiva,
email Shmulik Fried at shmulik.
friedl©gmail.com .
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