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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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