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January 26, 2006 - Image 70

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The Detroit Jewish News, 2006-01-26

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Mazel Tov!

Mitzvah Menu

Stephen Vorenberg cooks for families
of hospitalized children.

Leonard Poger
Copy Editor

tephen Vorenberg
learned to cook at the
. age of 7 while watching
his mother working her magic
in the family's Farmington Hills
home.
. .
Now, he has used that hobby.
and skill to create a.special proj-
ect connected to his bar mitzvah
activities.
Stephen went to Children's
- Hospital of Michigan in the
Detroit Medical Center several
times last year to prepare meals
at the nearby Ronald McDonald

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House, where families of the
hospital's patients stay. He was
assisted by two other
Farmington Hills families, Ilene
and David Higher and their son,
Michael; and Sandy and Gifford
Jessup, with daughters Sarah
and Grace. All three families are
members of Temple Kol Ami in
West Bloomfield.
Stephen, 13,1earned his love
of cooking while watching his
mother, Barbara, prepare meals.
He started with boxed macaroni
and cheese and then moved up
to preparing Saturday morning
breakfasts for his father, Tom.
"I feel good:' Stephen said of

Dec. 12

.

Lisa (Nagle) and Dan Butler of West
Bloomfield are ecstatic to announce the
birth of their identical twin daughters,
Jaclyn Paige (Ya'akova Peri) and Sydney
Alexis (T'ziporah Alita).
Welcoming them home
is their big sister
Madison, 19 months.
Sharing in their excite-
ment are very proud
grandparents Fran Nagle
Lovy
of West Bloomfield, •
Kerry Nagle of West
Bloomfield, Barbara Moss of Leadville,
Colo., and Steve Butler of Avondale, Pa.
Also sharing in their joy are great-grand-
parents Carol Nagle of Aventura, Fla., and
Mary Griffin of Middlebury, Vt. Jaclyn is
named after her paternal great-grandfa-
ther.James Griffin and maternal great-
aunt Phyllis Krause; Sydney is named after
her maternal great-grandmother Sylvia
Krause and dear family friend Aranka •
Klayn.

Nov. 7

Jennifer (Finer) and Jonathan Lovy of West
Bloomfield are thrilled to announce the
birth of their son, Evan Riley (Avishai
Reuven). Welcoming Evan home is big
brother N.oah. Very excited grandparents
are Dorene and Alan Finer, Madeline Lovy
and Andrew Lovy. Also sharing in their joy
are great-grandparents Lilyan Finer and

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the brunches
prepared at
the Ronald
McDonald House. "I like helping
people who need support."
Although his bar mitzvah was
in early January, he plans to
continue working in the kitchen
at Ronald McDonald House.
Tom Vorenberg said his son
"really enjoys cooking. It's not
work for him, he really enjoys
it!"
Stephen's mitzvah project
extended beyond the kitchen.
The Ronald McDonald House
staff gave him a list of items that
are needed at the facility. So -

Stephen asked his Jan. 7 bar
mitzvah guests to donate an
item from the list. That resulted
in 300 items, including compact
discs, cleaning supplies, books,
coloring books, cosmetics and
toiletries.-The family plans to
deliver the donations next week.
Does he have any special cull-.
nary favorites? "No," said
Stephen, "but I typically prepare
an omelette or full breakfast."
When Stephen isn't cooking
for his father or Ronald
McDonald House, he attends

Joseph Lovy. Evan is named in loving
memory of his paternal great-grandmoth-
er Elsa Lovy and his maternal great-
grandmother Ruth Cowan.

at Cranbrook Kingswood Girls Middle
School in Bloomfield Hills. As part of her
mitzvah project,she chose to collect sup-
plies for shelters.

Hanna Pearl Berlin will be called to the
Torah as a bat mitzvah at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek West Bloomfield, B'nai
Israel Center Saturday, Jan. 28. She is the
daughter of Cheryl
and Arnie Berlin and
sister of Melissa. Her
proud grandparents
are Stan and Trudy
Berlin and Saul and
Ruth Raimi.
Hanna is a student
at Warner Middle
Berlin
School in Farmington
Hills. She is proud of
her participation in the annual Fall Fix-Up
for the Jewish Family Service as well as
other mitzvah projects.

Grace Hannah Jessop, daughter of Gifford
(Bo) and Sandy
Jessop and sister of
Sarah, will be hon-
ored to be called to
the Torah as a bat
mitzvah Saturday,
Jan. 28, at Temple
Kol Ami. She is the
granddaughter of
Jessop
- Alfred and Edith
Klein, and the late
Gifford H. and Stella Jessop.
Grace is a student at Warner Middle
School in Farmington Hills. She enjoys
continuous and ongoing mitzvah honors
with her family such as cooking for fami-
lies who are staying at the Ronald
McDonald House.

Natasha Barbara Dabrowski, daughter of
Chris Dabrowski, will read from the Torah
as she celebrates her
bat mitzvah Saturday,
Jan. 28, at Temple
Beth El. She is the
grandchild of Barbara
and Richard
Dabrowski.
Natasha is a student

Dabrowski

Kane

Carson Leo Kane
will be called to the
Torah as a bar mitz-
vah Saturday, Jan. 28,
at Congregation
B'nai Moshe. He is
the son of Robin and
Michael Mostyn and
Paul Kane and broth-
er of Stephanie Kane.

Stephen Vorenberg pulls
homemade rolls from the
oven.

Dunckel Middle School in
Farmington Hills, serves as a
Boy Scout patrol leader in Troop
179, and enjoys taking part in
theater groups and all kinds of
sports.
Besides the Ronald McDonald
House mitzvah project, Stephen
collected $600 in pledges for
breast cancer research. TI

Proud grandparents are Richard and
Marilyn Kurzrok of New York.
Carson is a seventh :grade student at
Orchard Lake Middle School in West
Bloomfield. His mitzvah projects included
volunteering for the West Bloomfield
Optimist Club Community Service
Program.

Emily Michelle Langnas, daughter of
. Lisa and Gary
Langnas., will be
called to read from
the Torah as a bat
mitzvah Saturday, Jan.
28, at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek
Southfield. She is the
sister of Jessica and
Natalie. Also sharing
Langnas
in this wonderful
occasion will be her
grandparents Deena and David Fishman
and Frieda Langnas. She is also the grand-
daughter of the late Joseph Langnas.
Emily is a student at Bloomfield Hills
Middle School. One of her most meaning-
ful mitzvahs was to sew pillows for the eld-
erly in the Evergreen Nursing Horne.

Mataan Asher Lis, son of Lisa and
Hannan Lis, will be called to the bimah at
Temple Israel to read from the Torah on
the occasion of his bar mitzvah Saturday,
Jan. 28. He is the brother of Ariella, Liat

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