December 16, 2008 / 19 Kislev 5769

Rebecca Hornstein (South Senior High School) and Ethan Buckner (Hopkins High School) are two Minneapolis High School graduates who are spending a year in Israel within the framework of the MASA-Israel Journey project of the Jewish Agency and Government of Israel. They met with Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty who is leading a trade delegation from Minnesota to Israel this week. The Minneapolis teens were invited by Israeli Philanthropist Raya Strauss, who chairs the Jewish Agency`s Partnership 2000 committee to a dinner at the Ilana Goor Museum in Old Jaffa in honor of 126 participants, including those from the Minnesota and Georgia Trade Delegations, who attended the Jewish Agency`s Business to Business Initiative at this week`s Globes Israel Business Conference.

Pictured above, from left to right, are Raya Strauss, Ethan Buckner, Rebecca Hornstein and Minessota Governor Tim Pawlenty.

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