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Happy Mover's Da

To honor some great moms, we invited readers to send in
favorite pictures showing chi dren and their mothers.

#1) Bram Stone with mom, Lisa
Rowinski
"This photo was taken in the home
of Aunt Suzanne in Longmeadow,
Mass., where the family gathered
to celebrate Passover," writes
Bram's grandfather, Marcel Hal-
berstadt of Farmington Hills. "It
was quite a houseful, with as
many as 20 around the table for
the seders. But we all had a great
time. Bram, who just turned 9
months, is a great little long-
distance traveler and never. fussed
during the 1 3-hour-long drive each
way from Southfield to Longmead-
ow and back. And he was safely
strapped in his child seat all the
way, because Lisa won't let the
car move an inch until Bram is
safely and comfortably in his har-
ness.
"Bram enjoys going to his play

5/7
1999

75 Detroit Jewish News

group with Lisa every week and is
learning to play with others in the
group. He is very active and crawls
everywhere faster than the adults
can keep up with him. He also likes
to go shopping with his mom and
sits quietly in the shopping cart,
holding on to the cart handle with
his little fists and looking avidly at
everything going on around him.
"He's a happy kid! Lisa, who decid-
ed to take a break from her social
work to be a full-time mother, is per-
fecting a skill that will be very useful
to her when she returns to work and
will allow her to be even more help-
ful to others: She is an interpreter
for the deaf and is honing her skills
in American Sign Language.
"It's probably obvious that this letter
comes from a proud grandfather
('Opa' to Bram, whose Hebrew
name is Avrohom Meier) and father of

Lisa. Grandmother Lucille is equally
proud, and it's really at her urging that
we're sending this photo."

#2) Jacob Shecter with mom,
Sandy Shecter
"This is a picture of me and my son
Jacob. His nickname is Coby,
which is the nickname used in Israel
for Jacob. This picture was taken in
March 1999 at Coby's second-
grade model seder at Hillel Day
School."
Mom says she enjoys exercising
and needlepoint. "I started needle-
pointing for Coby's first-grade siddur
cover and now really enjoy it."
Coby loves sports, especially hock-.
ey, and plays mite ice hockey.
"I loved the model seder," Mom
says, "because it brings me such
pleasure to see my son learn, grow
and sing, sing, sing as a Jew."

#3)Emily Einhorn with mom,
Donna
"My favorite Jewish tradition is help-
ing my mom prepare the kitchen
and help with the cooking for
Passover," writes Emily Einhorn of
Oak Park.
"We love having lots of family join
us at our seder, which includes my
two aunts from Detroit, my other
aunt from Chicago, and my grand-
parents from Florida. All my cousins
help me find the afikomen that my
grandpa hides every year. This
year, Madalyn, at age 2-1/2,
found it!"

#4)Janice, Ari and Sally Scharg
"This photo was taken in Decem-
ber 1988, our second trip to
Israel," write Ari and Sally Scharg
of West Bloomfield. "This was
taken in the Cardo, in the Old