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Bar/Bat Mitzvah

Evan Jay Adler was called to the
Torah as a bar mitzvah on Saturday,
Oct. 23, at Beth Israel
Congregation in Ann
Arbor. Rabbi Robert
Dobrusin officiated.
Along with his
hafro rah and Torah
readings, Evan led the
Torah and lvlusaf ser-
vices.
Evan is the son of
Sue and Larry Adler and the brother of
Stephanie. His proud grandparents are
Maxine and Leon Feig, Elana and
Sandor Adler. He was fortunate to have
his great-grandparents Sylvia and Israel
Abramo-vitz celebrate with him.
Evan is a straight A student at
Greenhills School in Ann Arbor. He
enjoys tennis, soccer and basketball. He
will make a donation to the Humane
Society in honor of his bar mitzvah.

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Justine Aronson will be called to the
Torah as a bat mitzvah
on Saturday, Oct. 30,
at Temple Kol Ami.
She is the daughter of
Deborah and Peter
Aronson. Proud
grandparents are
Jeanne and Harold
Aronson. She is also
the granddaughter of
the late Joe and Tillie Abrams.
Justine is in the eighth grade at
Bloomfield Hills Middle School, where
she is an honor student. Some of her
interests are singing, piano and ice skat-
•
ing. Her mitzvah projects included
helping at the Gleaners Food Bank and
caring for preschoolers at Campette
Day Camp.

Adam Colton celebrated his bar
mitzvah on Saturday, Sept. 4, at Temple
Shir Shalom. Adam is the son of
Michele and Michael Colton and the
brother of Eric and Kyle Colton.
Proud great-grandma Sylvia Cohen
and delighted grand-
parents Cal and Cindy
Moss attended the cel-
ebration. Adam is also
the grandson of the
late Elaine Moss and
the late June and
Irving Colton.
Adam is an honor
student at Berkshire Middle School
in Birmingham and enjoys baseball,
basketball, soccer, snowboarding
and drama.
For his mitzvah projects, Adam

packaged food for Gleaners Food Bank,
cleaned rooms and prepared meals for
the Detroit Rescue Mission.

Jessica Eve Dominic will celebrate
her bat mitzvah on Saturday, Oct. 30,
at Temple Israel. She is
the daughter of Toby
and John Dominic
and sister of Erica.
Proud grandparents
are Elizabeth and
Albert DiDominicis
and Rachela and
Henry Yager. Excited
great-grandmother is Bella Kolender.
Among her mitzvah projects,
Jessica assisted in the Temple Israel
office and volunteered at the Labor
Day picnic, as well as contributing
to CHAIM (Children of Holocaust-
survivors Association In Michigan).
An honor student at Warner Middle
School in Farmington Hills, Jessica
enjoys art, writing, music, swim-
ming and computers.

Lauren Nicole Elkus (Esther Chava)
will become a bat mitzvah on Saturday,
Oct. 30, at Congregation Shaarey
Zedek in Southfield.
She is the daughter of
Jacqueline and
Lawrence Elkus and
sister to Bryan.
Lauren is the grand-
daughter of Estelle
and Philip Elkus of
Bloomfield Hills and
Liddy Weinberg and the late Jerome
Weinberg of West Branch.
Lauren attends West Hills Middle
School in Bloomfield Hills, where she
plays French horn, participates annu-
ally in forensic competitions and loves
to play competitive volleyball. Lauren
participates in numerous volunteer
activities at her synagogue and in her
community.

Elektra Morgana Petrucci celebrated
her bat mitzvah on Saturday, Oct. 23,
with Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring at
the Royal Oak
Woman's Club.
Friends and family
joined Elektra and her
mother, Maureen
Davidson Petrucci, at
the simcha. Elektra is
the granddaughter of
Bertha Davidson.
In honor of Elektra, shule students
performed Yiddish and Hebrew songs
led by music teacher Esther Freeman.
Shule Director Jan Adler officiated at
the event and Arlene Frank,