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October is National Orthodontic Health Month!

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Julia Clare
Abramson of
West Bloomfield
will celebrate her
bat mitzvah on
Saturday, Oct. 27.
Her proud parents
and brothers are
Abramson
Jay and Joanna,
Josh, Jacob and
Jonathan Abramson. Her grandparents
are Janet and Fred Borson of West
Bloomfield, the late Julius Abramson,
and Walter and Margaret Stark of
Bloomfield Hills.
Julia attends Hillel Day School of
Metropolitan Detroit in Farmington
Hills. She has volunteered to collect
dog and cat food for area animal shel-
ters as one of many mitzvah projects.

Benjamin Zachary
Fisher, son of Lisa
and Jay Fisher, will
be called to the
1 Torah as a bar mitz-
vah on Saturday, Oct.
27, at Adat Shalom
Synagogue in
Benjamin
Farmington Hills. He
Fisher
is the brother of
Jessica and Daniel.
Sharing in the simchah will be proud
grandparents Susan and Edward
Cherniak, and Lorraine and Arnold
Fisher.
Ben is an eighth-grade student at
Birmingham Covington School. He
feels his most meaningful mitzvah
project was working and playing with
children at the Friendship Circle in
West Bloomfield.

Jessica Paige Fisher,
daughter of Lisa and
Jay Fisher, will cele-
brate her bat mitzvah
at Adat Shalom
Synagogue in West
Bloomfield on
Saturday, Oct. 27. She
Jessica Fisher is the sister of Ben
and Daniel. Sharing
in the simchah will be proud grandpar-
ents Susan and Edward Cherniak, and
Lorraine and Arnold Fisher.
Jessie is a seventh-grade student at
Birmingham Covington School. Her
most meaningful mitzvah project was
fundraising for and donating time to
the Michigan Animal Rescue League.

Zachary Drew
Goldberg, son of
Lori and Kevin
Goldberg and broth-
er of Erin, will read
from the Torah on
the occasion of his
bar mitzvah Friday,

Goldberg

Oct. 26, at Temple Israel in West
Bloomfield. His proud grandparents
are Jane and Seymour Weiner, Linda
Goldberg and Harold Goldberg.
Zachary attends O.E. Dunckel
Middle School in Farmington Hills.
He made a donation to SMA, Spinal
Muscular Atrophy, and felt this was a
meaningful mitzvah project.

Zack Henry
Goldman, son of
Amy and Kevin
Goldman and broth-
er of Max, will be
called to the bimah
in celebration of his
bar mitzvah at
Goldman
Temple Israel in
West Bloomfield on
Friday, Oct. 26. Sharing in the simchah
will be grandparents Judi and Barry
Freund, and Margo and Michael
Goldman.
Zack is a student at Abbott Middle
School in West Bloomfield. He vol-
unteered at Friendship Circle in West
Bloomfield and felt this was very
meaningful.

Paige Samantha
Hackman will cele-
brate her bat mitz-
vah on Saturday, Oct.
27, at Temple Beth
El in Bloomfield
Township. She is the
daughter of Debbie
Hackman
and Chris Hackman
and the sister of
Alayna and Noah. Paige is thrilled to
have her grandparents Naomi and
Marvin Katz, and Judy and Robert
Hackman celebrate with her.
Paige is in seventh grade at Clifford
Smart Middle School in Walled Lake.
For her mitzvah project, she is a
madricha at Temple Beth El religious
school.

Blake William
Israel will celebrate
his bar mitzvah as he
reads from the Torah
at Temple Israel in
West Bloomfield on
Saturday, Oct. 27.
His parents are Lisa
Israel
Pernick and Bruce
Israel. Sharing in
the simchah will be his brothers Jack
and Evan and grandmothers Betty
Pernick and Harriet Israel. He is also
the grandchild of the late Judge Joseph
Pernick and the late Sid Israel.
Blake attends Detroit Country Day
School in Southfield. Raising funds for
Almost Home, a no-kill animal shelter,
was the mitzvah project he felt was the
most meaningful.
B'nai Mitzvah on page 88

For those who don't know, October is National Orthodontic Health
Month. This is a month long event organized by the American
Association of Orthodontists, or AAO. During October, members of the
American Association of Orthodontists (AAO) conduct a wide range of
activities to educate orthodontists and their patients about protecting
their teeth during Halloween, as well as share information about the
benefits of orthodontic treatment.

Drs. Nelson "Nick" Hersh, Marsha Beattie and Amy Isenberg realize
that this is a great opportunity to raise awareness about the
importance of oral hygiene. National Orthodontic Health Month also
aims to recognize the dedicated work of orthodontists like Drs. Hersh,
Beattie & Isenberg

Dr. Nelson Hersh
and
Dr. Marsha Beattie

The AAO recommends orthodontic patients avoid
the following Halloween treats, or recipes with these
ingredients:

•Caramel
•Nuts
• Popcorn (including un-popped kernels
•Taffy
•Jelly beans
•Hard pretzels
•Licorice
•Bubble gum
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