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(TOP) Old City of Jerusalem with aerial view of the Church of the
Holy Sepulchre, Israel. (BOTTOM) Direction and distance signpost at
Mount Bental in the Golan Heights.
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(TOP) Azrieli Center in Tel Aviv. (MIDDLE) Visitor at the Western Wall
in Jerusalem. (BOTTOM) Israeli flag in the old city of Jerusalem.
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the general community here in
Michigan,” he said.
Because the mission doesn’t
leave until March 2023, Ingber
says Federation is hopeful
there will be no issues with
travel. Regardless, until Sept.
1, 2022, complete refunds will
be offered should anyone need
to cancel.
“Returning to Israel after
such a long hiatus due to the
pandemic will be very mean-
ingful for many people and for
Detroit as a community with
deep bonds with our family in
Israel,” Ingber said. “Visiting
Israel is a life-changing expe-
rience for everyone who goes,
and I know this very unique
mission will have a profound
impact on every participant
as well as our community as a
whole.”
Richard and Lisa Broder,
co-chairs of Motor City
Mission, said it’s as good of a
time as ever to visit the Jewish
state.
“Enough time has passed,
but also it coincides with the
75th anniversary of the birth
of the State of Israel, so that’s
a good reason to go as well,”
Richard Broder said.
The Broders have been to
Israel many times, including
on several Partnership2Gether
trips visiting Jewish Michigan’s
“sister region” in the Central
Galilee.
“It was an unbelievable way
to see Israel and experience
going on a mission,” Lisa
Broder said. “They have some-
thing for everybody. We had
some days where there were
[itinerary] tracks, and you
could pick what you wanted
to do and other days where
you went with the group. It’s a
good way to get to know peo-
ple from your community that
you didn’t know so well.”
The Broders say a trip such
as this can be critical in pro-
moting people’s understanding
of Israel first-hand and from
what they can actually see, not
just what they read.
“There’s never a bad time to
go to Israel,” Richard Broder
said. “
As a community mis-
sion, we’re going to expose
people to what we think are
the parts and pieces that they
want to see, which would be
food, culture, religion, politics,
archaeology, history — any
of the above. Whatever your
particular interests are, you’re
going to get some of that when
you go there.”
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Associate Director of
Federation’s Israel & Overseas
Department Jaime Bean has
the role of logistical coordina-
tor for the mission.
“I think people are itching
to go and we just really want
to be that vehicle to get peo-
ple there,” Bean said. “We’re
hoping to get individuals who
maybe have never been to
Israel before and then also
people who maybe haven’t
been in many years.”
Bean expects the trip to
provide all the staples, includ-
ing spending time in Tel Aviv,
Jerusalem and in the partner-
ship region.
Bean has been to Israel
at least a half-dozen times,
has staffed a handful of
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