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Jewish Women Internationa
Brings Cheer to Children
Help establish the
JWI Children's Library at HAVEN
B'nai Mitzvah from page 58
(a shelter for abused women and their children)
Ben Michael
Sofferin will be
called to the Torah
as a bar mitzvah
on Friday, Nov.
24, at Temple
Emanu-El. He is
the son of Harriet
Sofferin
Sofferin and the
late Fred Sofferin,
brother of Jeremy and the late Kevin.
Ben is the dear grandson of the late
Joseph and Bella Frank and the late
Muriel and Arthur Sofferin.
Ben is a student at Norup
International School in Oak Park.
For his mitzvah project, he worked
at Yad Ezra in Berkley.
Reception & Program
Wednesday - December 6, 2006
2:00 to 4:00pm & 7:00 to 9:00pm
(Minimum tax-deductible donation suggested)
Barnes & Noble
Orchard Lake Road, south of Maple
West Bloomfield, Michigan
Special Guest Speakers:
Beth Morrison, HAVEN President & CEO
Michelle Gilbert, Verizon Wireless
(Exclusive Corporate Sponsor of the Detroit Library Initiative)
Please help fill the shelves of the JWI Library by
purchasing a copy a
'favorite children's book.
Barnes & Noble will donate a percentage of the sales*
on all merchandise'purchased in the store
on December 6 and ,pecernber 7, 2006.
(*Pick up the spetlal vbikher at the JWI table.)
For more information call: 248-569-2166
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Don't delay! Sign up for Summer Camp 2007
PARENTS & CAMPERS... Come hear about camp!
Information Meeting
Tuesday, December 5. 7 p.m.
Max M. Fisher Federation Building
6735 Telegraph Road
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basketball • archery • drama • dance
November 23 • 2006
Ariel Marissa
Starr (Ariel
Morit) will be
called to the Torah
as a bat mitzvah
at Minchah
and Havdalah
services on
Starr
Saturday, Nov. 25,
at Congregation
Beth Shalom. She is the daugh-
ter of Mara and Alan Starr and the
older sister of Sarah and Dayna.
Ariel is the granddaughter of Adele
W. Staller of Southfield and Rita
Starr of Farmington Hills. Her very
proud great-grandmother is Martha
Burnstein of Southfield. Ariel is also
the granddaughter of the late Avery
Gerald Staller and the late Joseph
Samuel Starr.
Ariel is a student at the Norup
International School in Oak Park.
Her most meaningful mitzvah
project involved collecting supplies
and financial contributions as well
as spending time volunteering for
Almost Home, a nonprofit organi-
zation dedicated to finding loving
homes for homeless animals.
More B'nai Mitzvah
Temple Shir Shalom — Jake
Seigle, son of Susie and Steve Seigle
(Friday).
Read Up On Israel
West Bloomfield Township library
has new items through Learnlsrael.
org:
The books are Israel in the
World — Changing Lives Through
Innovation, In Every Tongue,
My Name Is Rachamin, The Oslo
Syndrome and Myths and Facts.
The DVDs are The Road to Jenin
and Holy Land: Christians in Peril.
HAVEN Cares
HAVEN, whose mission is to eliminate
domestic violence and sexual assault
through treatment and prevention ser-
vices, will hold a holiday Gift Giveaway.
HAVEN will collect new, unwrapped
contributions on Dec. 18-20. On Dec.
21, clients will be able to go "shopping"
at no charge. Wrapping materials will
be provided.
Visit www.haven-oakland.org for
information. Those in need of services
are encouraged to call (877) 922-1274.
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ancy and Dennis Liefer of
Farmington Hills are delighted
to announce the engagement
of their son Michael Todd Liefer to Jessica
Lynn Weiner, daughter of Dyane and Dr.
Glenn Weiner of Buffalo Grove, Ill.
Jessica earned her undergraduate degree
from the University of Wisconsin-Madison
and a juris doctor from the Chicago-Kent
College of Law. She is a litigation attorney
at Neye, Meyer, Kreuzer, Esp & Cores in
Chicago.
Michael graduated from Michigan State
University with a bachelor of arts degree in
marketing. He is the vice president of acquisitions for Banner Properties, a com-
mercial real estate company, in Northbrook, Ill.
A May wedding is planned in Chicago.