APRIL 11 • 2024 | 39 SPOTLIGHT A diverse mix of religious and lay leaders from 10 large Conservative, Reform and Modern Orthodox American Jewish communi- ties, including Rabbi Harold Loss from Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, are visiting Israel on a five-day American Friends of MDA Rabbinic Solidarity Mission. The mission’s packed itinerary brings the par- ticipants face to face with Israel’s complexities and challenges six months on from the outbreak of war, in a mix of touring and personal encounters. This is the inaugural initiative of the AFMDA Rabbinic Advisory Council, a body which serves as a non-polit- ical, non-partisan resource to positively engage U.S. Jewish communities about Israel in general and AFMDA in particular. Rabbi Michael Siegel of the Anshe Emet Synagogue in Chicago, IL, who was instrumental in organizing the mission, gave voice to many fellow participants when he referred to the delegation as the “culmina- tion of the desire of rabbis across the United States to engage more fully with Magen David Adom and their important work.” While acknowledging that MDA medicycles may be familiar to many American Jews, Siegel maintains that visiting the country and meeting with MDA para- medics in MDA facilities offers another meaningful dimension. The five-day mission, designed to introduce par- ticipants to MDA opera- tions in war and in routine, to bear witness to the atroc- ities of Oct. 7 and to learn first-hand about the chal- lenges facing Israel today, includes visits to MDA’s Marcus National Blood Services Center in Ramla, the MDA helicopter team at Sde Teman, and MDA’s William H. Bloomberg Center in Jerusalem. In addition to meeting with hostage and bereaved families and wounded sol- diers, the participants will receive briefings from dig- nitaries and political figures. Friends of MDA Rabbinic Solidarity Mission Rabbi Harold Loss is at the left in this photo of the rabbis in front of an MDA helicopter at Sde Teman helipad. ALISON GARDY/ 24725 West 12 Mile – Ste. 110 Southfield, MI 48034 1-248-945-1111 24725 West 12 Mile – Ste. 110 Southfield, MI 48034 1-248-945-1111 What Is Your Plan?..... Call Us. We focus on Probate Litigation and Administration. Administering estates where everyone is on the same page. Protecting you from self-dealing parties appointed by will, trust or the court. 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