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Promised Land Federation’s 2023 Motor City Mission marks the first community-wide mission since 2008. DANNY SCHWARTZ STAFF WRITER
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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 community experience the group will have with so
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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 relationships with their fellow Detroiters.” Ingber’s first trip to Israel was the inaugural 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
