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Emma Keer (Feige
Elka) of Bloomfield
Hills will become
a bat mitzvah at
Temple Shir Shalom
in West Bloomfield
on Saturday, May 26.
Participating in the
Keer
ceremony will be
Emma's parents Jeri
and Tim Keer. Proud
grandparents are Sylvia Goldfarb of
Bingham Farms and Margaret Jackson
of St Albans, England. She is also the
grandchild of the late John Keer and
the late Norman Gallant.
Emma is a student at Derby Middle
School in Birmingham. Her mitzvah
project has been volunteering as a
classroom assistant in Temple Shir
Shalom's kindergarten.

Maverick B. Levy,
son of Lawrence and
Michelle Levy, and
Michelle Cooper, will
be called to the bimah
to read from the
Torah on the occasion
/
of his bar mitzvah
Levy
Saturday, May 26,
at Temple Israel in
West Bloomfield. He
is the brother of Jett,
Alec and Danielle. Sharing in the sim-
chah will be his proud grandparents
Maurice Otis, Diane Otis, Lisa Show,
Tom Show, and Rose and Dennis
Cooper. His late grandfather is Louis
Levy.
Maverick is a student at Walnut
Creek Middle School in Walled Lake.
As a mitzvah experience, he felt it
was important to donate funds to
Karmanos for cancer research.

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Kennedy Skye
Lieberman
(Elisheva), daugh-
ter of Samantha
(Warren) and Scott
Lieberman, will be
called to the Torah
as a bat mitzvah on
Friday, May 25, at
Temple Beth Emeth
in Ann Arbor. She
is the sister of Mackenzie Starr, and
granddaughter of Genie and Seymour
Warren of Boynton Beach, Fla., and
Bunni and Allen Lieberman of West
Bloomfield.
For her mitzvah project, Kennedy
collected contributions and worked
as a volunteer for the Vada Murray
Cancer Fund.

Jeffrey Benjamin
Maldaver, son
of Linda and Dr.
Marshall Maldaver,
will celebrate his
bar mitzvah as he is
called to read from
the Torah Saturday,
Maldaver
May 26, at Temple
Israel in West
Bloomfield. He is the
brother of Marc and the grandchild
of Ruth Maldaver, and Virginia and
James McWhorter.
Jeffrey attends Geisler Middle
School in Commerce Township. He
helped with the feeding of the home-
less at Temple Israel and felt that was a
meaningful mitzvah experience.

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Jack Matthew
Rudin, son of Melissa
and Michael Rudin,
will be called to the
Torah as a bar mitz-
vah on Friday, May
25, at Temple Israel
in West Bloomfield.
Rudin
He is the brother
of Sam. His proud
grandparents are
Sharon and Robert Rudin, and Dr.
Allan Warnick. He is also the grand-
child of the late Elizabeth Warnick.
Jack attends Orchard Lake
Middle School in West Bloomfield.
Volunteering at the Miracle League
was his most meaningful mitzvah
experience.

There are many important issues in choosing, as this will be a long-
term relationship, and it should be enjoyable. The orthodontist should
Ask the Orthodontist 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/She then
limits their practice to onl orthodontics and does not sractice other
facets of dentistry. .
Equally important is to ask your son or daughter whereethey feel
comfortable after the initial consultation. Did the orthodontist speak
to your child and see what issues are important to them? Did they
listen to you and your child, as well as explain what the procedures
involve? Kids are very perceptive and their input is vital, aspatients
are more compliant when they know, trust, and like their doctor.
Location, hours, reasonable and customary fees, comfortable financia
arrangements, and accessibility are important issues also. Ask
Dr. Nelson Hersh other members of the community including your son or daughter'
friends and even teachers. Is the reception room clean, friendly,
and
and comfortable? Did you have to wait at all, or too long for your
Dr. Marsha Beanie appointment? Was the orthodontist on schedule? Was he or she
friendly? Can you receive an information packet about the office,
orthodontist and treatment philosophy? These are all important
Licensed Specialists issues to consider.
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Lastly and very important is select your orthodontist on who truly
& Adults
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 their own extended
West Bloomfield
family or friends, then you have found your family orthodontist.
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Grace Sherbin
(Shira) will become
a bat mitzvah at
Congregation
Shaarey Zedek
in Southfield on
Friday, May 25. She
is the daughter of
Aaron and Elizabeth
Sherbin
Sherbin and the
younger sister of
Katherine, Caroline
and Meredith. Proud grandparents are
Barbara Keywell, Donald and Joanne
Purther, Lenore Cowan and Candice
Zwick. Grace is also the granddaughter
of the late Benjamin Sherbin.
Grace is a seventh-grade student at
Derby Middle School in Birthingham.
Her mitzvah projects include working
at West Bloomfield-based Friendship
Circle.

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