February 1, 2017
This is How Detroit Does Birthright
Vivian Henoch, Editor myJewishDetroit
Four Birthright alumni with one message: go!
Four Birthright alumni with one message: go!
Better than Jdate. For every Birthright bus on the road, there’s bound to be romance in the air.
On a Detroit Community Birthright trip, Jordan Barpal finds his place in Israel.
Better than JDate? Maybe. For every summer at Tamarack, Detroit mission to Israel, Shabbat dinner at Hillel, NEXTGen Epic event, “graduating” class of interns at a Jewish agency. . . there’s a budding romance.
The journey continues in the”Mifgash” – the Hebrew word for “coming together” – when Israelis visit Detroit.
As fellow travelers, Heather Kerwin an Jeff Vieder expected to fall in love with Israel. They didn’t expect to fall in love with each other.
Josh Michaels sums up his Taglig-Birthright experience this way: life-changing.