BEST DIAMONDS. BEST PRICES. GUARANTEED! We will not be undersold on diamonds of comparable quality. 30 day return policy • Trade-in/Trade-up Temple Beth El. Also participating will be older siblings Leonard, Richard and Heather. Proud grandparents are Beverly and Robert Canvasser and Thelma and Dr. Paul Kerwin. Lauren is a seventh-grade honor student at West Hills Middle School in Bloomfield Hills. She is involved in competitive dance. Lauren has vol- unteered in the Temple Beth El nurs- ery school and donated money for its programs. She also has made dolls for Hadassah and volunteered at Gleaners Food Bank in Detroit. Nicole E. Mancino, daughter of Cindy and Nick Mancino and sister of Michael, will celebrate her bat mitzvah Saturday, May 24, at Temple Israel. She is the grandchild of Rita and Irving Berkowitz. Nicole attends Orchard Lake Middle School in West Bloomfield, where she is an honor student. Tennis, music, dance, Pilates and computers are some of the activities that interest her. She also enjoys Tamarack Camps in the summer. Volunteering in the autistic impaired classroom at her school was a particu- larly meaningful mitzvah project for her. Ryan Michael Palter will be called to the Torah on the occa- sion of his bar mitz- vah Saturday, May 24, at Temple Israel. He is the son of Peggy and Daniel Palter and brother of Kimberly and Jessica. His grandpar- ents are Barbara Alter and Doris and Dick Palter. He is also the grandchild of the late Bernard Alter and the late Samuel Gross. His late great-grand- mother was Shirley Hasnas. Attending Orchard Lake Middle School in West Bloomfield, Ryan, an honor student, participates in hockey, football, baseball and basketball. He also enjoys hip-hop dancing and music and recently starred as the lead in his school's production of The Wiz. He found it especially meaningful to combine his love of animals with one of his mitzvah projects, raising funds for the Humane Society. Brittany Rochelle R. Rubin, daughter of Jill Rudofsky Rubin and Robert F. Rubin, will read from the Torah on the occasion of her bat mitzvah Saturday, May 24, at Temple Israel. Her brother Aaron and grandparents Tibie and Sam Rudofsky and Barbara and Stanley Rubin will share in the sim- chah. Brittany attends Roeper School in Birmingham. She enjoys singing and dancing, acting, playing volleyball and reading. Her most meaningful mitzvah project was being a chemo angel to a 6- year-old with leukemia. Stephanie Elizabeth Steinberg will cele- brate her bat mitzvah on Friday, May 23, at Temple Shir Shalom. She is the daughter of David and Joyce Steinberg and sister of Lindsay. Stephanie's grandparents are Abe and Pearl Friedman of Southfield and Irving and Shirley Steinberg of Scottsdale, Ariz. Stephanie is a seventh-grade honor student at Warner Middle School in Farmington Hills, where she enjoys playing trumpet in the school band. Her other interests include art, reading, using the computer and playing soft- ball. Her mitzvah projects included vol- unteering at Yad Ezra in Berkley and Gleaners Food Bank in Detroit, and being an aide at Adat Shalom day camp in Farmington Hills. Molly Hannah Winer was called to the Torah as a bat mitz- vah Saturday, May 17, at Shaarey Zedek West Bloomfield, B'nai Israel Center. She is the daughter of Nancy and Eric Winer and sister of Rachel and Eli. Proud grandparents are Irving Wiener and Toby and Bernard Rivkin. She is also the granddaughter of the late Kathleen Wiener and the late Rae Rivkin. Molly is an honor student at Orchard Lake Middle School in West Bloomfield. She enjoys dancing, horse- back riding and socializing with friends. She spends her summers at Camp Sea- Gull in Charlevoix. Her most meaning- ful mitzvah project was working at the Muscular Dystrophy Telethon. Princess Cut 1.10 ct. F/SI, GIA Certified Only at Tapper's $3,840 Emerald Cut 2.03 ct. G/VS, GIA Certified Only at Tapper's $11,940 Round Brilliant Cut 5.01 ct. I/SI I GIA. Certified Only at Tapper's $39,900 rf DIAMONDS & FINE JEWELRY Michigan's most trusted jeweler since 1977 Orchard Mall . West Bloomfield 248-932-7700 800-337-GIFT MAKE "ri.11-:.: CONNECTION @ \X"WW.TAPPERSXX)M RAYNAUD * SAINT-LOUIS * CAI *LYNN C RASE D. PO RTHAULT * B AR'BA RA BA RY BE RING * BLAUEN BABY * GORDONSBURY GRAZ IE LLA' S PRIVATE LABEL OF FINE LINENS 203 PIERCE BIRMINGHAM 248-723-5650 Love your Kids MARC J. COHEN PHOTOGRAPHING PEOPLE ENJOYING LIFE 248-543-3637 656650 5/23 2003 55