Federation’s 2023 Motor City Mission marks the 
first community-wide mission since 2008. 
Promised Land

DANNY SCHWARTZ STAFF WRITER

12 | MARCH 24 • 2022 

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rom March 12-21, 2023, the Jewish 
Federation of Metropolitan Detroit is 
sponsoring its first community-wide, 
adults-only mission to Israel since 2008: 
Motor City Mission. 
The team planning the trip is led by 
Federation chairs Diane and William 
Goldstein, and Lisa and Richard Broder, 
along with Federation’s Israel and Overseas 
Department. Federation is also working 
closely with congregations throughout the 
city that will be participating in the mission. 
Collectively, the team has led hundreds of 
journeys to Israel. 
Federation CEO Steve Ingber said this trip 
will be special because of the strong commu-
nity experience the group will have with so 

many Jewish Detroiters traveling together at 
one time. 
“
A community-wide mission is something 
we’ve all been dreaming about for the past 
several years, and I’m incredibly excited to 
see it becoming a reality,” Ingber said. “Not 
only will the participants develop closer 
bonds to the people of Israel, they’ll also 
develop new and more meaningful relation-
ships with their fellow Detroiters.” 
Ingber’s first trip to Israel was the inau-
gural Teen Mission in the summer of 1996. 
Another memorable mission for Ingber was 
the last trip he was on just before COVID, 
with Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. 
“That trip showed how far we have come in 
strengthening the bonds between Israel and 

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