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B'nai Mitzvah from page C11

Noah Samuel Duchan
(Noach Shmuel), son of
Ann and Gary Duchan
of Huntington Woods,
was called to the
Torah as a bar mitzvah
on Saturday, March
1, at Congregation
Duchan
Shir Tikvah in Troy.
Celebrating with Noah
were his brothers Ben, Jacob and Caleb.
His proud grandparents are Phyllis and
Harold Duchan of West Bloomfield. Noah
is also the grandson of Shirley Bennett of
Montague, Mich., and the late Benjamin
Bennett.
Noah attends Hillel Day School of
Metropolitan Detroit in Farmington Hills
and has enjoyed volunteering with the
Huntington Woods Fruit Camps in the
Leaders-in-Training Program.

Austin Lane Floyd will
celebrate his bar mitz-
vah as he is called to the
bimah on Friday, March
7, at Temple Israel in
West Bloomfield. He
is the son of Eden and
A Andrew Floyd and the
Floyd
brother of Savanna. His
grandparents are Sherry
and Barry Cohen and Robert Floyd. He is
also the grandchild of the late Jill Black.
His proud great-grandmother is Gloria
Cohen; he is the great-grandson of the late
Hyman Cohen.
Attending Walnut Creek Middle School in
Walled Lake, Austin felt volunteering when
Temple Israel housed the homeless was a
meaningful mitzvah project.

Allyson Ginsberg of
Buffalo Grove, Ill., daugh-
ter of Jennifer Berne and
Jon Ginsberg, all formerly
of West Bloomfield, will
become bat mitzvah at
Temple Shir Hadash
in Northbrook, Ill., on
Ginsberg
Saturday, March 8. Her
brother, Justin, and
grandparents Ed and Judy Berne of West
Bloomfield and Marty and Shirley Ginsberg
of Harwich, Mass., will be among those
participating in the ceremony.
For her mitzvah project, Allyson, who
swims competitively, swam laps to raise
funds for swimsuits and goggles and other
equipment for kindergartners and first-
graders at an inner city Chicago school as
they learn to swim.

Jodie Beth Gold, daughter of Dr. Arlene
and Kenneth Gold, will celebrate her
bat mitzvah at Temple Israel in West

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Bloomfield Saturday,
March 8. She is the sister
of Julia and the grand-
child of Bea and Dr. Jack
Mayer. She is also the
grandchild of the late
Rose and the late Ben
Gold.
Gold
Jodie is a student
at West Hills Middle
School in Bloomfield Hills. Among her vari-
ous mitzvah projects, she volunteered at
Friendship Circle in West Bloomfield and
felt it was especially meaningful.

Joshua Graff of
Huntington Woods will
be called to the Torah
as a bar mitzvah at
Congregation Shaarey
Zedek Southfield
on Saturday, March 8.
Sharing his simchah and
Graff
participating in the cer-
emony will be his father,
Steven Graff; his mother, Patrice Duquette;
and his sister, Alissa Graff. Proud grandpar-
ents are Jac and Sue Duquette and Patricia
Dunaway.
Josh is a seventh-grader at Hillel
Day School of Metropolitan Detroit in
Farmington Hills and has volunteered in
the Jewish community with his Boy Scout
Troop #364, and also for the Leukemia and
Lymphoma Society Team in Training.

David Henry Kaplovitz
of Bloomfield Hills will
be called to the Torah
as a bar mitzvah on
Saturday, March 8, at
Congregation Shaarey
Zedek West Bloomfield,
B'nai Israel Center.
Kaplovitz
Participating in the
service will be his par-
ents, Marla Drutz and Ronald Kaplovitz.
He is the grandson of Rose Kaplovitz, Jack
Beigelman and the late Henry Kaplovitz.
He is also the grandson of Clarice Drutz of
Bloomfield Hills and the late David Drutz .
David is a seventh-grade student at
Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit
in Farmington Hills. His mitzvah proj-
ect includes volunteering his time at the
Bloomfield Township Public Library.

Kestenberg

Rachel Lauren
Kestenberg, together
with her parents Ellen
and Dr. Billy Kestenberg,
will celebrate her bat
mitzvah during Havdalah
services, Saturday, March
8, at Temple Israel
in West Bloomfield.

She is the sister of Joel and Mallory. Her
grandparents are Lois and Leonard Posner
and Shoshana Kestenberg. She is also the
grandchild of the late Henryk Kestenberg.
Rachel is a student at West Hills Middle
School in Bloomfield Hills. She felt donat-
ing hair to Locks for Love, enabling wigs to
be made for cancer patients, was her most
meaningful mitzvah project.

Zachary Russell
Kleinberg, son of Robert
and Karen Hayman-
Kleinberg and brother of
Daniel, of Tustin, Calif,
read from the Torah as he
celebrated his bar mitz-
vah on Saturday, March 1,
Kleinberg
at Temple Beth Sholom
in Santa Ana, Calif. He is
the grandson of Leslie Hayman, of Rancho
Santa Margarita, formerly of Southfield, and
the late Barbara Hayman, Fela Kleinberg of
Los Angeles and the late David Kleinberg.
Zachary attends Pioneer Middle School
in Tustin. His mitzvah project was partici-
pating in the AYSO sponsored program VIP,
which helps children who are physically
and mentally challenged, play soccer.

Katie Anne Miller
will celebrate her bat
mitzvah as she is called
to the bimah on Friday,
March 7, at Temple Shir
Shalom in Troy. She is
the daughter of Andrea
and Wayne Miller and
Miller
sister of Emily. Sharing in
this simchah will be her
grandparents Sherman Becker, Ruth Miller
and Francine Miller. Katie is also the grand-
daughter of the late Rosalind Becker and
the late Hubert Miller.
Katie is a seventh-grade student at
Berkshire Middle School in Beverly Hills. As
part of her mitzvah projects, she will donate
a portion of her gifts to the Michigan
Humane Society and the Haven shelter for
women

Ashley Madelyn Sakwa,
daughter of Randi and
Stuart Sakwa and sister
of Ryan and Hayley,
will be called to the
Torah as a bat mitzvah
on Saturday, March 8,
at Temple Israel in
Sakwa
West Bloomfield. Proud
grandparents are Joyce
and Dave Sakwa and Marvin Berman.
Ashley is also the grandchild of the late
Marilou Berman.
Ashley is a student at Orchard Lake
Middle School in West Bloomfield. Her

mitzvah projects included organizing a
booth to raise money for the American
Cancer Society Relay for
Life .

Justin Evan Schwartz
will read from the
Torah on the occasion
of his bar mitzvah at
Temple Israel in West
Bloomfield at Havdalah
Schwartz
services Saturday, March
8. His proud parents are
Denise and Jay Schwartz and his broth-
ers are Mathew and Brett. Sharing in the
simchah will be his grandparents Marjorie
and Howard Schwartz and Mary Jean and
Richard Warren.
Justin is a student at Clifford Smart
Middle School in Walled Lake. He felt it
was very meaningful to donate funds to
the Michigan Humane Society as one of
his mitzvah projects.

More B'nai Mitzvah

• Congregation Shir Tikvah — Micah
Adler-Goldsmith, nephew of Wendy Bass
and son of the late Robin Adler Goldsmith
and the late Daniel Adler-Goldsmith
(Saturday).

Red Wings Aid Mentors

The annual Mentor Connection
Friendraiser will be a hockey game
with the Red Wings Alumni. It is
set for Sunday, April 6, 4:30 p.m.
at Orchard Lake St. Mary's Athletic
Complex in Orchard Lake. The Red
Wings Alumni will face off against
the Oakland County Public Safety All
Stars.
For the game only, adult tickets
are $12; children 12 and under, $10.
For the game and dinner-autographs,
adults are $25; children 12 and
under $20.
The goal of the event is to raise
awareness of Mentor Connection and
recruit mentors for youth living in
Oakland County. Mentor Connection
is a non-sectarian program of
Jewish Family Service (JFS) that
serves youth in Oakland County by
pairing them with caring adult men-
tors. The mentors act as friends and
role models who provide additional
adult attention and guidance to sup-
port the youth as they develop into
healthy, productive adults.
For information or to purchase
tickets for the hockey event, contact
Lindsay Leder, (248) 592-2309, or
e-mail Ileder@jfsdetroit.org