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BBYO kicks off the fall

season with an event

centered around'Oaint.

Sam Finn, a senior at
Harrison High School,

throws color into the
air with the crowd.

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n Sunday, Sept. 7, local Jewish
teens got covered in color at
BBYO Michigan's fall kick-off
event, "Paint the Town with BBYO!"
Nearly 200 teens, grades 9-12, attended
the event where they participated in
activities including paint Twister, a paint
balloon toss and a color powder toss.
BBYO is the leading pluralistic Jewish
teen movement and is open to all Jewish
teens in grades 9-12. Teens not yet in high
school can get involved in BBYO Connect,
BBYO's experience specifically for Jewish
teens in grades 6-8.
For more information about BBYO
Michigan, including a list of upcoming
events, contact Katie Fried at (248) 432-
5685 or email kfried@bbyo.org.

Natalie Siegel, a junior from West Bloomfield, laughs with
friends.

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Having A Blast

BBYO Regional Board members Aaron
Walt of Birmingham and Meredith Berlin

of Huntington Woods ran a balloon toss
— with balloons filled with paint.

Arielle Lipman of Farmington Hills, Aria Frawley of Commerce
Township and Joey Greenstein of Farmington Hills are all smiles
despite the mess.

Left: You have

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iving it a toot and discovering hidden talents, preschoolers from the Sarah
and Irving Pitt Early Childhood Development Center and children from
the JCC Day Camp in West Bloomfield gathered to sound the shofar with
a little help from Rabbi Rob Morais, director of Shalom Street.
All families can join the fun, Sunday, Sept. 21, from noon to 3 p.m. at the Jewish
Community Center in West Bloomfield. The event is free, but reservations are
requested at ShofarFactoryFestival.com .

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to concentrate
to get the right
sound!

Below: Hannah
Raznik, Amit

Siegmann and
Sofia Marx of the

JCC Day Camp
try to blow shofar.

Preschoolers Jonah Peleg, Parker Gnesin and Alex Forest

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September 18 • 2014

JN