Attending Orchard Lake Middle
School in West Bloomfield, Becca
felt it very meaningful to volunteer
at Gleaners Food Bank as one of her
mitzvah projects.

Amanda Morgan
Shapiro will be
called to the Torah
as a bat mitzvah
on Friday, April
27, at Temple
Shir Shalom. She
is the daughter
Shapiro
of MaryAnn and
Morris Shapiro of
Novi and the sister of Mia (Max),
Myles and Mason. Proud grandparents
are Irene Vengen and Mary Lee and
Harry Lind. She is also the grand-
daughter of late Albert Shapiro and
the late Michael Vengen.
Amanda is in the seventh grade
at Geisler Middle School in Walled
Lake. Her favorite mitzvah project was
assisting in the kindergarten class at
Shir Shalom's Sunday school.

Emily Erin Sitron
(Rifka Yaffa) was
called to the Torah
as a bat mitzvah on
Saturday, April 21, at
Congregation Beth
Ahm. Participating
in the ceremony
Sitron
were her proud par-
ents, Susan and Bruce Sitron, and her
older sister Hayley. Emily is the grand-
daughter of the late Mildred and the
late Sidney Wise, the late Ruth and the
late Harold Sitron.
Emily is a student at Orchard Lake
Middle School in West Bloomfield. Her
most meaningful mitzvah project was
volunteering at Yad Ezra in Berkley.

Ryan Douglas
Stern celebrated his
bar mitzvah as he
led the congregation
at Temple Israel
during services
Saturday, April 21.
His parents are Ruth
Stern
and Owen Stern and
his sister is Haley. Sharing in the sim-
chah were his grandparents Greta and
Sam Greene. He is also the grandchild
of the late Edith and the late Herman
Stern.
Attending Abbott Middle School in
West Bloomfield, Ryan felt it especially
meaningful to participate in Soccer
Kicks for Cancer as a mitzvah project.

Matthew Harris
Sternberg of
Bloomfield Township
will be celebrating
his bar mitzvah on
Saturday, April 28,
at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek
Sternberg
Southfield. He is
the son of Robin and
Jeffrey Sternberg, brother of Joshua
and Rebecca and grandson of Allen
and Phyllis Seel and Robert and Judith
Sternberg.
Matthew attends Birmingham
Covington School. He organized a can
drive for his mitzvah project.

More B'nai Mitzvah
• Congregation Shaarey Zedek West
Bloomfield, B'nai Israel Center
— Joseph Shreeman, son of Maureen
and Marc Shreeman (Saturday).
• Temple Beth El —Halley Lauren
Brownstein, daughter of Allison Selko
and Dr. David Brownstein (Saturday).
• Temple Emanu-El — Daniel
Edwards, son of Vickie and David
Edwards (Saturday).
• Temple Shir Shalom — Eli
Zucker, son of Nancy and Leonard
Zucker (Saturday).
• Congregation Shir Tikvah
— Max Scher, son of Adam and Mary
Scher (Saturday); Trevor Wood, son of
Brian and Michelle Wood (Saturday).

Parenting Course
The Florence Melton Adult Mini-
School and its Jewish Parent Education
Program will be featured in a free
"Taste of PEP " session 9:30-11 a.m.
Wednesday, May 9, at Hillel Day School
of Metropolitan Detroit.
PEP instructor Jordana Weiss will
teach the sample class; Mini-School
Director Judy Loebl will answer ques-
tions.
Melton PEP is a two-year, text-
based curriculum includes classes on
Jewish holidays and life cycles; Jewish
thought and beliefs; ethics of Jewish
living; and Jewish history.
Melton PEP will be offered at
Hillel Day School 9:30-11:45 a.m.
Wednesday mornings, beginning Oct.
10. It is open to Jewish parents with
newborn through elementary school-
age children.
A limited number of reduced-cost,
$175 per person per year tuitions are
available. •
For information, contact Marion
Bronstein, (248) 642-4260 or
Bronstein@jfmd.org.

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