roff, kachel Berris, Hannah Isser and Noa Ostroff

Splash Shabbat

B'nai Moshe holds family Shabbat at Heritage Park.

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n June 21, members of Congregation B'nai
Moshe in West Bloomfield met at the
Heritage Park Splash Pad in Farmington Hills
to welcome in Shabbat with the synagogue family.
Cantor Earl Berris, in his favorite baseball cap, got
the crowd singing traditional and fun Shabbat songs,
and Rabbi Elliot Pachter had the kids and family mem-
bers acting out a biblical skit.
After a quick dinner, children were off and running
through the sprinklers, climbing all over the play-
ground structures and taking mini breaks for yummy
ice cream treats. The adults had a chance to relax and
kibitz — and had their fill of ice cream, too!
The program was sponsored by the LIFE program/
B'nai Moshe Hebrew School.

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Gordie Berris and Mike Meloy check out the ice cream.

Pomp And Circumstance

Doron Vergun, Libby Gales and Jessica Bartol

Beth El preschool graduation

Beth El preschoolers enjoy receiving their graduation diplomas and bears.

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ast month, Temple Beth El's Early
Childhood Center celebrated the
graduation of 35 pre-kindergarten
children with ceremonies in the temple's
Handleman Hall. With Rabbi Keren Alpert
playing "Pomp and Circumstance," the
youngsters, mortarboards securely on their
heads, walked across the stage to receive
their preschool diplomas and "keys" to the
temple plus hugs from teachers Sara Smith
and Jill Gun and outgoing director Marlene
Thay.
Cantor Rachel Kalmowitz led the group
in Shehecheyanu and Rabbi Daniel Syme

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gave each child a Beth El bear. President
Raymond Rosenfeld and Religious School
Principal Arlene Keller extended greetings
and well wishes to all.
This year's graduates were Hannah Byer,
Brooks Barron, Tony Forbes, Max Freedman,
Landon Halprin, Max Hirsch, Jack Krut, Jack
Kutinsky, Sasha Pipia, Betty Robinson, Ryan
Rosenberg, Sydney Rosenberg, Abraham
Rosett, Sloane Schiller, Dylan Schoenberg,
Jordan Schoenberg, Hayden Schwartzenfeld,
Tessa Shane, Zachary Sosin, Brooke Taylor,
Sky Thurswell, Vince Weishaus, Morgan
Wolfson and Levi Yaker.

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Graduates Tessa Shane and Sky Thurswell, Birmingham; Landon Halprin,
Bloomfield Hills; Sasha Pipia, Birmingham; Tony Forbes, Franklin; Brooks
Barron and Hannah Byer, Birmingham; Hayden Schwartzenfeld, Sloane
Schiller, Brooke Taylor and older sister Ava Taylor, all of Bloomfield Hills.