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B'nai Mitzvah from page 69
Convergence in the Midst of Conflict:
African Americans and Jewish Relationships, 1930 - 1954
In churches, in the academy, and in the courtroom, persons
of African American descent and Jewish descent joined by
other progressive white allies could often be found standing
together in times of war and domestic conflict to eliminate
discrimination. Dr. McNeil will speak of the courage of Dietrich
Bonhoeffer, martyred in Germany during World War II, the
impact of Jewish scholars at historically black colleges and Dpr;otesnsnorTINtio.,,Nv
University of North Carolina
universities and Jewish defenders of the rights of African
Americans in movements for justice, freedom, and equality prior to the Civil
Rights Movement.
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Tess Samantha
Rosenthal, together
with her parents,
Deborah and Steven
Rosenthal, will cele-
brate her bat mitz-
vah Friday, Nov. 22,
at Temple Israel in
West Bloomfield.
Rosenthal
Her siblings, Ryan
and Ben, will share in the simchah as
will grandparents Carol and Dr.
Frederic Fletcher, and Judie Blumeno.
Tess is also the grandchild of the late
Norman Blumeno.
Tess is a seventh-grader at
Kingswood Girls Middle School in
Bloomfield Hills. She felt her most
meaningful mitzvah project was
donating funds and gently used
dance and athletic clothing to the
Better Together House in Nazareth
Ilit, Israel, which will help this com-
munity center to continue its existing
programs.
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Morgan Lee
Sandler, son of
Brook and Dr.
Fredric Sandler, will
read from the Torah
as he celebrates his
bar mitzvah
Saturday, Nov. 23, at
Temple Israel in West Bloomfield. He
is the brother of Samantha, Brandon
and Danielle. Sharing in the simchah
will be grandparents Elaine
Ackerman, and Andrea and Stan
Bank. Morgan is also the grandson of
the late Rubin Sandler.
Morgan attends Hillside Middle
School in Novi. His most meaningful
mitzvah experience was his involve-
ment with the Backpack Project.
Melanie Ann Teper
(Ruth Tziporah) will
become a bat mitz-
vah at
Congregation
Shaarey Zedek in
Southfield on
Saturday, Nov. 23.
Teper
She is the daughter
of Jennifer and Steve
Teper, sister of Jason and grand-
daughter of Anna and Yale Levin,
Brenda and Richard Rader, and the
late Gerald Teper.
Melanie is in seventh grade at Hillel
Day School of Metropolitan Detroit
in Farmington Hills. She has par-
ticipated in several mitzvah projects
with both Hillel and Shaarey Zedek,
but her most meaningful was knitting
and coordinating the knitting of 250
doll caps for Hadassah's doll project.
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eanne and Michael Reitman of
West Bloomfield are thrilled to
celebrate their 50th wedding
anniversary on Nov. 27. They will mark the
occasion at a family dinner and on a cruise
with their children and grandchildren. The
couple's children are Dr. Richard and Ella
Reitman, and Wendy and Jason Rubin. Their
grandchildren are Sophie and Maddie Rubin.
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