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B'nai Mitzvah from page 69

Halley Fayth
Phillips,
daUghter of Dr.
Beth Berman
and Dr. Scott
Phillips, will
celebrate her
bat mitzvah at
Temple Israel
Phillips
Saturday, Dec. 2.
She is the sister
of Taylor and
the grandchild of Sandra and Morris
Sherman and Norma Phillips. She is
also the grandchild of the late Roger
Phillips. Her proud great-grandfa-
ther is Herman Spinner. She is also
the great-granddaughter of the late
Minnie Spinner.
Hailey is a student at Walnut Creek
Middle School in Walled Lake. She felt
it was especially meaningful to volun-
teer at the Fleischman Residence in
West Bloomfield as one of her mitzvah
projects.

Aron Mitchell
Schneider will
read from the
Torah on the
occasion of his
bar mitzvah
Satuarday, Dec.
2, at Temple
Israel. His
Schneider
parents are
Randee and
Steven Schneider and his brother is
Cory. He is the grandchild of Leonore
Bass and Marilyn (Cookie) Schneider.
He is also the grandchild of the late
Maryon Schneider, the late Dr Edwin
Schneider and the late George Bass.
Aron attends Clifford H. Smart
Middle School in Walled Lake.
Volunteering to help at Temple Israel's
Housing of the Homeless project was
an especially meaningful mitzvah
project to him.

Leah Rachel
Shepherd
(Leah Rachel
Tzipora) will
be called to
the Torah as a
bat mitzvah at
Congregation
B'nai Moshe,
- Saturday, Dec.
Shepherd
2. She is the
daughter of
Alisa Peskin-Shepherd and Steven
Shepherd and sister of Hope. Excited
grandparents are Marilyn Peskin-
Kaufman and Paul Kaufman, and •

Evelyn Shepherd. Leah is also the
granddaughter of the late Harvey
Peskin and the late Benjamin
Shepherd.
For her mitzvah project, Leah cut
her hair and donated it to the Locks
of Love organization. She is a stu-
dent at West Hills Middle School in
Bloomfield Hills.

Marti Alexa
Silver will be
called to the
Torah as a bat
mitzvah on
Friday, Dec.
1, at Temple
Shir Shalom.
She is the
daughter of
Silver
Larry and
. Franci Silver
and sister of Erica. Proud grandpar-
ents are Doris and Julius Ross and
Renee Silver. She is also the grand-
daughter of the late Louis Silver and
the late Marshall Shanbrom.
Marti is a student at Orchard Lake
Middle School in West Bloomfield. Her
most meaningful mitzvah project was
working in the TOPSoccer program
with children who are mentally and
physically Challenged.

Robert Eric
Simons and
Michael
Howard Simons
will be called
to the Torah as
b'nai mitzvah on
Saturday, Dec. 2, at
Congregation
Robert Simons
Shaarey Zedek
Southfield.
They are the
sons of Nancy
and Alan Simons
and the brothers
of Helene and
Debbie. Robbie
and Michael's
proud grandpar-
ents are Arlene
and David
Michael Simons
Margolin and
Joan and Sheldon
Simons. They are also the grandchil-
dren of the late Ethel Simons.
Robbie and Michael are students
at Hillel Day School of Metropolitan
Detroit in Farmington Hills. Together,
they organized a neighborhood used
sports equipment drive to benefit
underprivileged children as their most
meaningful mitzvah project.

here are many important
issues in choosing, as this will
be a long-term relationship,
and it should be enjoyable. The
orthodontist should be a specialist
in orthodontics, which means he, or
she, had been selected to a graduate
program beyond dental school, which
requires additional full-time training
from two to three years. He then
limits his practice to only orthodontics
and does not practice other facets of
dentistry.

Equally important is to ask your son or
daughter where they feel comfortable
after the initial consultation. Did
the orthodontist speak to your child
and see what issues are important
to them? Did he listen to you and
your child, as well as explain what
the procedures involve? Kids are very
perceptive and their input is vital, as

patients are more
compliant when
they know, trust
and like their
doctor.

Nelson Hersh
DDS, MS
Location, hours,
Licensed Specialist
reasonable and
customary fees,
comfortable financial arrangements,
and accessibility are important issues
also.

Lastly, and very important is select
your orthodontist on who truly
cares for your child. When you
have interviewed your orthodontist
and feel comfortable that they enjoy
relationships with kids and will treat
your son or daughter as if they were
part of his own extended family or
friends, they you have found your
family orthodontist...

Our office is located on the border of West Bloomfield/Commerce Township
at 2300 Haggerty Rd., Suite 1160, (248) 926-4100.

Ndson((Nick) Hersh
DDS, MS

Licensed Specialist

1135180

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