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van Shapiro, 18,
Yedwab knew Evan
created tapes for
through congregational
the people he loved
life at Temple Israel.
before he died. To
Evan graduated from the
his many friends, he of-
temple's high school pro-
fered words of reassur-
gram and wrote the
ance.
opening prayer for com-
"I'm going to miss
mencement, even though
you, but I want you to
his health prevented him
know that if I have a
from attending the cere-
chance to be with you in
mony.
the next world, I will
"Evan was a leader
make that dream come
who led by quality of
true. If there's a way I
character," Rabbi Loss
can watch over you, I
says. "Illness did not
will be there. If you are
change Evan. He dealt
ever down, I will be
with his cancer the way
there and you're never
he dealt with every as-
going to be alone."
pect of his life. He re-
Leslie Evan Garbon
mained optimistic."
Shapiro died Sept. 29 at
In addition to travel-
the West Bloomfield
ing together on a five-
home of his parents, Ray
week congregational trip
and Eva. Evan's two- Evan Shapiro
to Israel a few years ago,
year fight with cancer
Rabbi Yedwab and Evan
did not diminish his desire to at- "But he never used those things ate meals together regularly.
tend Harvard, where he had been to put people down. He always
"He rarely focused on his own
accepted for undergraduate stud- made them feel good about them- pain and fears and focused al-
selves."
ies.
Lisa was among the many most exclusively on what his par-
When illness prevented Evan
ents and friends were going
from leaving for Cambridge, friends who flew home from out- through," Rabbi Yedwab says.
Mass., this fall, he sought infor- of-state universities for Evan's fu- ."Toward the end of his life, Evan
mation on taking classes through neral Sunday at Ira Kaufman told me that his friends were wor-
Chapel. Many of the more than
the University of Michigan.
ried about him, that maybe he
Family members and friends 300 high-school students and re- was giving up. He said to me, Tm
remember him as a courageous cent graduates who attended not giving up. Believe me. Let
young man— a leader among his knew Evan through his involve- them know that I'm OK with it.
peers — who loved learning, ath- ment with the B'nai B'rith Youth That I'm at peace.' "1111
letics and the outdoors. While at Organization.
During 10th grade, Evan co-
ordinated BBYO's basketball
league. His junior year brought
him responsibilities as treasur-
er. Last year, his senior year,
Evan became president of re-
gional AZA (the boys' half of
—Miriam Foner BBYO).
"He had a lot of integrity. He
had self-assurance and confi-
Cranbrook, he played sports and dence," said Miriam Foner, asso-
won a number of prestigious aca- ciate director of BBYO. "He was
always willing to work very hard.
demic awards.
He
never backed off from chal-
Among his plans for the future:
becoming a Supreme Court jus- lenges, that's for sure. And he al-
tice or a scientist working on a ways gave the other kids a sense
project to map out the human of self-worth. Everyone was im-
portant to him, and everyone ad-
genome (DNA structure).
"He was a bright, inquisitive mired him. There are kids who
kid from the moment he opened want to be Evan Shapiro."
Family members and friends
his eyes," Mrs. Shapiro says.
said
that one of the incredible
Evan had just finished the sec-
ond volume of Winston things about Evan was that ill-
Churchill's autobiography before ness didn't change his spirit. He
was enthusiastic, diligent and
he died last week.
"I think that all of us are nev- caring during his battle with can-
er going to forget how much he cer. But, then again, he was al-
loved to read," says Lisa Zaks, a ways like that.
"In some ways, he was born a
close friend. "There were books
little
adult," says his father, Ray
on his shelf that we wouldn't fath-
Shapiro.
"He was an adult with
om picking up, but for him, they
courage
and
an enormous capac-
were a pleasure.
ity
for
fun."
"Evan had such intellect, and
Rabbis Harold Loss and Paul
he was such a leader," she says.
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