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Robert A. Epstein and the older sis-
ter of Jonathan and Brandon. Her
proud grandparents are Louis and
Betty Chernoff and Abram and Joyce
Epstein; her great-grandmother is
Bess Spector.
Meredith is an honor student at
Detroit Country Day School in Bev-
erly Hills. She enjoys tennis, soccer,
_lance, swimming and skiing.
Meredith volunteered at the Jew-
ish Federation during Allied Jewish
Campaign. She also assisted on sever-
al Hadassah projects which helped to
raise money.

Stephanie August
Stephanie Megan August will cele-
brate her bat mitzvah at Havdalah
,-)services at Temple Israel on Saturday,
Aug. 29. She is the
daughter of Libby
and Dr. Barry
August, sister of Jes-
sica and grandchild
of Hilda and Milton
August and Ruth
and Marvin Wain.
Her hobbies
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ating stories to go with her illustra-
tions, swimming, arts and crafts. Her
most meaningful mitzvah project was
distributing gifts at a homeless shelter
and painting the children's faces.
Stephanie is an honor student at Eton
Academy and has won two awards for
her art from the Birmingham Bloom-
field Art Association.

Eric Weiss
Eric Michael Weiss will be called to
the Torah as a bar mitzvah on Satur-
day, Aug. 29, at Temple Israel. He is
the son of Andrea
and Steven Weiss,
brother of Jodi and
Debra, and grand-
\-Thchild of Selma and
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Nathan Feldman
and Freda Weiss. He
is also the grandson
of the late Joseph
Weiss.
Mitzvah projects included donating
to the American Cancer Society, vol-
unteering at Yad Ezra, and assisting
the Temple Israel staff. An honor roll
/-- student at Warner Middle School,
Eric enjoys swimming, golf, tennis,
skiing and rollerblading.

Brandon Kroeger
Brandon Andrew Kroeger will
become a bar mitzvah at Temple
Israel on Saturday, Aug. 29. He is the

son of Susan Mar-
shak-Kroeger and
Timothy Kroeger,
brother of Matthew
and grandchild of
Shirley and Mike
Marshak. Proud
great-grandmother
is Pauline Pringle.
Particularly meaningful was volun-
teering at Yad Ezra as part of his
mitzvah projects. Attending Orchard
Lake Middle School, Brandon is
interested in playing basketball,
hockey and soccer and collecting
sports cards.

Jessica Palter
Jessica Erin Palter will observe her
bat mitzvah at Temple Israel on Fri-
day, Aug. 28. She is the daughter of
Peggy and Daniel
Palter, sister of
Kimberly and Ryan
and grandchild of
Barbara and Bernie
Alter and Doris and
Dick Palter. Proud
great-grandmother
is Shirley Hasnas.
She is also the
grandchild of the late Samuel Goss.
A student at Abbott Middle School
where she is in the stages program,
Jessica's interests include musical
theater, dance, music, computers and
spectator sports. She choreographed
and performed for residents at Fleis-
chman as part of her mitzvah pro-
jects, as well as babysitting during
services at temple and donating to
the American Cancer Society.

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