…Special Report FEDERATION'S FAMILY MISSION Connecting from page A19 Left: Bruce Liebowitz of Farmington Hills finds some time to read while floating in the Dead Sea. Right: Jacob Kornblum, 11, of Southfield sleeps at the table after lighting Chanukah candles on the first night in Israel. Left: Ari, 9, and Annie Cohen, 12, of Birmingham lead the pack during a scav- enger hunt in Tel Aviv. Right: Alexander Varverakis, 10, of Far...…
…Aviv Lis, 12, of Farmington Hills and Zoe Lis, 13, of Bloomfield Hills, celebrated their b'nai mitzvah in Jerusalem. With them are Aviv's parents, Hannan and Lisa Lis, mission co-chairs, Karen Grossberq of Bloomfield Hills and Zoe's grandparents Bernie and Betty Lis of West Bloomfield. Museum and took part in activities with the families and volunteers of our Partnership 2000 region in the Central Galilee. Because of the situation with Gaz...…
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…Harold Katzman of Bloomfield Hills, Sandy Shepherd of West Bloomfield, Blake Shulman, 14, of Charlevoix and Rebecca Pad, 18, of West Bloomfield dance with an Ethiopian child at the PACT program in Netanya. tory:' Molly said. Rebecca loved the entire mission and seeing the places she had, until now, only learned about at Hillel Day School in Farmington Hills. "In addition to visiting all of the sights, being with so many different people and ...…
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