Mazel Toy! Bar/Bat Mitzvah Jaimie Hilary Kurtagh of West Bloomfield was called_ to the Torah as a bat mitzvah on Saturday, May 25, at Temple Beth El. She is the daughter of Mark and Francine Adler ,and James Kurtagh the sister of Michael and Adam. Proud grandparents Leona and Sidney Chafetz of West Bloomfield and Katie Kurtagh of Highland Park shared in the sim- chah. Jaimie attends West Hills Middle School- in Bloomfield Hills, where she is an honor student and a mem- ber of the student council. Her hob- bies include dance, music and writ- ing. She also enjoys playing travel volleyball and in-line skating. Her Mitzvah projects included volunteer- ing at the Southfield-based Michigan Jewish AIDS Coalition and at the . Pontiac Rescue Mission. Daniel Louis Lecours will be called to the Torah as a bar mitzvah on Saturday, June 1, at Temple Kol Ami. Proud par- ents are Debbie and Jim Lecours. He is the grandson of Martin and Eleanor Rafal, Ida and Paul Lecours and the late Alice Rafal. An honor student at Abbott Middle School in West Bloomfield, Danny is interested in playing the cello and electric guitar, skateboard- ing, computers and caring for a res- cued kitten. His mitzvah projects included delivering food to Berkley- based Yad Ezra's clients and helping process books for the temple's library. He is especially proud of the neighborhood project that he organ- ized to collect eyeglasses for the needy through the Gift of Sight pro- gram; more than 100 pairs were col- lected. Joey Michelle Leebove will celebrate her bat mitzvah on Saturday, June 1, at Temple Israel at Havdalah servic- es. She is the daughter of Barry Leebove and the late Cynthia Fishman. Sharing in the simchah are sister Laura Leebove, brother Kyle DeMaagd and grandparents Barbara and Milton Fishman and Janet -and Harold Lampear. Joey attends Warner Middle School in Farmington Hills. Her interests include horseback rid- ing, music and sports. Volunteering at the Humane Society as part of her mitzvah projects was especially meaningful to her. her mitzvah projects, Dana assisted clients at Yad Ezra in Berkley, par- ticipated in the communitywide Purim Parcel Project and made a donation to the Israel Emergency - Campaign. Samantha Pamela Roby will be called to the Torah on Saturday, June 1, at Congregation Beth Ahm. She is the daugh- ter of Sharil and Jeffery Roby and sister of Aimee. Her proud grand- parents are Harold and Doris Levin and Cecial Roby. Samantha is an honor student at Abbott Middle School in West Bloomfield. She enjoys her summers with friends at Tamarack Camps. Her mitzvah project involved volun- teering for the Friendship Circle. Cayla Rose Lusky was called to the Torah as a bat mitzvah on Saturday, May 18, at Congregation Beth Shalom. Sharing in this special occasion were her parents, Debbie and Wayne Lusky. Kvelling grandpar- Zachary Seth Rosenblatt will be ents are bubbie called to the Torah as a bar mitzvah Marilyn and zay on Saturday, June zay Alex Friedman and grandma 1, at Congregation Irene Lusky. She is also the grand- B'nai Moshe. He daughter of the late Benjamin is the son of Lusky. Solomon and A seventh-grade honor student at Jacqueline Norup Middle School in Oak Park, Rosenblatt. Proud Cayla enjoys tennis, traveling, grandparents ae spending time with family and Estelle and Eli friends and doing mitzvah work. Brown and Henry She has been a volunteer for Race and Eva Rosenblatt. Excited sister for the Cure, Yad Ezra it Berkley and brothers Adena, Benjamin and and Farmington Hills-based JARC, Samuel will participate in the sim- and has visited seniors at the Coville • chah, as will special cousins Noah, Apartments in Southfield. In honor Chelsea and Asa Smith. of her family and friends who cele- Zachary is a seventh-grade student brated the simchah with her, Cayla at Bloomfield Hills-Middle School made donations to 13 different and enjoys sports, reading and charities. spending time with friends. He vol- unteers time to help children who Dana Lauren O'Neill was a called are learning impaired with their to the Torah as a bat mitzvah on daily activities and socialization. Saturday, May 25, at Temple Kol Ami. She is the daughter of Leslie Evan Bradley Sherman was called to O'Neill and the Torah as a bar mitzvah on Margie O'Neill. Saturday, May 25, Proud grandpar- at Congregation ents are Elaine B'nai Moshe. His and Robert proud parents are Goldman and Michelle and Jan Dixie and Patrick Sherman. Equally O'Neill. proud are older Dana is a sev- sister Jamie and enth-grade honor grandparents student at Abbott Middle School in Marilyn and Aron West Bloomfield. She is active in Tenenbaum and dance, theater arts and student Eunice and Larry Sherman. council, and she enjoys summers at Evan is a seventh-grade student at Camp Walden in Cheboygan. For Warner Middle School in Farmington Hills. He loves all kinds of music and plays electric guitar and the bass clarinet for the school band. He enjoys hip-hop dancing, basketball, skateboarding, video games and being with friends. His most meaningful mitzvah project , was packaging food at Yad Ezra in Berkley. Evan Adam Silverstein, son of Sheila and Steven Silverstein, will read from the Torah on the occa- sion of his bar mitzvah Saturday, June 1, at Temple Israel. His sisters Hope and Erica will share in the simchah. He is the grandchild of Julian Koss and the late Doris Koss, Millicent Silverstein and the late Hyman Silverstein. Evan attends Abbott Middle School in West Bloomfield. His many interests include camp, extreme skating, hockey, playing the saxophone, snowboarding and trav- el. Among his mitzvah projects, he volunteered at the Denby Children's Center in Detroit through the tem- ple's Caring Community Committee. Jaime Nina Zavier will become a bat mitzvah on Saturday, June 1, at Temple Emanu-El. She is the daughter of William Zavier, Amy and Stuart Brozgold and the granddaughter of Rae Mucasey, Brenda and John Mucasey, Pola and Sender Zawierucha, Gloria and Leonard Brozgold. Jaime is an all-A student at" Norup Middle School in Oak Park. Her interests include vol- leyball, basketball, soccer, writing and spending time with friends. For her mitzvah projects, Jaime raised money for the AIDS Foundation, participated in the AIDS walkathon and Itza Mitzvah Day as well as vol- unteering with the Huntington Woods day camps.