Couple Planning Wedding After Special Tour of Holy Land
by Chanie Kaminker – Chabad.org
A participant on a summer Birthright Israel trip for people with special needs dons the Jewish prayer boxes known as tefillin at the Western Wall.
For the past three years, Birthright Israel trips conducted by the Mayanot Institute for Jewish Studies for young adults with special needs have earned a reputation for making the Holy Land all of its excitements accessible to a high-functioning population with a range of medical issues, including autism, cerebral palsy and Down syndrome. But the most recent of the high-energy 10-day trips offered its participants something extra: a surprise engagement.
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