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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 

COURTESY OF FEDERATION