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By Paul Barbagallo

“Once the tour to Israel happened, we started posting daily updates on our site from participants,” notes Web site coordinator Brad Duff-Hudkins. “We actually had a writer go on the trip and help journal what was going on.”

Barden is quick to mention that some people who initially expressed interest in the trip but didn’t go later regretted their decisions, for they were afforded a glimpse of “what they were missing” in daily e-mail dispatches. And the new features of IFCJ.org gave travelers’ loved ones a virtual window into activities.