granddaughter of Joseph Modiano. Loren is an honor student at Orchard Lake Middle School in West Bloomfield. She plays on a travel soccer team and enjoys football, basketball and hockey. Loren completed the 13 mitzvot program at Adat Shalom, which included volunteering at and donating to Yad Ezra and the Hospice of Southeastern Michigan. Joshua David Koss will be called to the Torah as a bar mitzvah on Saturday, May 1, at Congregation Shaarey Zedek. Joshua is the son of Mary and Steven Koss, brother of Cathy (Vincent) Nicoletti. Proud grandparents are Sylvia and Bernard Koss and Virginia Noffsinger. He is also the grandson of the late Joseph Noffsinger. Joshua is a seventh grader at Norup Middle School in Oak Park. He enjoys collecting cars, biking and in-line skating. Joshua's mitzvot included volunteer- ing at Yad Ezra and assisting behind the scenes of Shaarey Zedek's "Fiddler on the Roof." He also worked on Hadassah's doll project. Abby Alec Beare will celebrate her bat mitzvah at Temple Israel on Friday, April 30. She is the daughter of Lisa and Jeffrey Beare and sister of Torey. Proud grandparents are Phyllis and Tom Beare and Shirley and Larry Tomas. Excited great-grandmother is Betty Beare. An honor student at Warner Middle School in Farmington Hills, Abby enjoys tennis, music and spending summers at Camp Tamarack. Mitzvah projects included assisting at Temple Israel's summer camp, helping to build a handicap accessible ramp for the Kenny Foundation and donating to the City of Hope. your father, sister, ncle, neighbor, frien Nominate them as a JN SourceBook "Honorable Menschen" Those who work behind the scenes to make a difference in our community will be the focus of the 1999-2000 edition of the JN SourceBook. Tell us about someone you know who is your mitzvah role model. Often these "Honorable Menschen" work quietly with passionate dedication. Many of these individuals will be celebrated in the SourceBook for their unselfish acts of loving kindness. Now is the time for you to honor them so they can inspire us all. NOMINATIONS ARE BEING SOUGHT IN THESE AREAS AND BEYOND: r ali the Torah as a bar mitzvah on Saturday, May 1, at Adat Shalom Synagogue. Matthew is the son of Robert and Elaine Robins and brother of Jessica and Aaron. Adelle and Simon Robins of West Bloomfield and Gertrude and Morris Burstyn of Windsor, Ontario, are Matthew's proud grandparents. An honor student at Hillel Day School in Farmington Hills, Matt ..................... .. INS SW WM RIBS UM INN OW ...... HONORABLE MENSCHEN NOMINATION FORM Name of Nominee: Address: City : Daytime Phone: ( ) Zip: State: Evening Phone: ( ) Name of Nominator/Organization: Evening Phone: ( Daytime Phone: ( ) ) Significant Contributions: 116 lig Sill OM MO Matthew Adam Robins will be called to • Volunteer Service • Communal Life • Generations • Education/History • Entertainment • Goods and Services • Religious Life • Health and Medicine • Celebrations/Hospitality Mil Mit Milk WI NO Oil tr.o ■ #9tc• Mail or fax to: Keri Guten Cohen JN SourceBook Editor 27676 Franklin Rd., Southfield, MI 48034 or call (248) 354-6060, ext. 219 t,*k &r.is tit:x oWs timIt Sit ithe MIN Jewish Living In Metropolitan Detroit 4/30 1991 ()snort, Detroit Jewish News 59