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Birthright trips and lived there for a year. She
said Michigan’s Partnership2Gether region is a
crown jewel.
“You go there, and people will be walk-
ing around with Tamarack shirts and Detroit
Birthright sweatshirts, and it almost feels as if
you’re home, but you’re in Israel,” Bean said.
“The relationships we’ve created among the
Americans and Israelis in these two communities
are astonishing and really meaningful.”
Bean said Motor City Mission will be a one-
of-a-kind experience, even more so while experi-
encing it with fellow Metro Detroiters.
“People who have been before, I’m hoping we
can show them some new parts of Israel that
they maybe haven’t seen yet. And first-timers,
I’m hoping we can squeeze in everything that
makes Israel so amazing and meaningful to so
many Jews in the diaspora.”
EVERYONE IS WELCOME
Motor City Mission co-chairs Bill and Diane
Goldstein said what sets Motor City Mission apart
is that it’s for everyone.
“It’s for first-timers. It’s for people that have
been there 20 times or more. It’s for the foodie, the
cyclist, the art observer and the historian,
” Diane
Goldstein said. “We’re really going to have some
exciting things that resonate with pretty much any-
one coming on the trip.
”
With so many types of people and so many
varied interests to serve, the Goldsteins said they
believe the different itinerary tracks available will
make the trip special.
“People who have special memories and want
to go back to those places can. People who have
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP
LEFT: View of Mount Tabor
and the Jezreel Valley. Nuts
and produce at Machne
Yehuda Market in Jerusalem.
People at the Machne Yehuda
Market. Israeli flag with
the Dome of the Rock in
Jerusalem.
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