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Carli Jordyn
Bordelove, daughter
of Jenny and Mark
Bordelove, will be
called to the Torah as a
bat mitzvah at Temple
Israel in West
Bloomfield on
Bordelove
Saturday, Oct. 10.
Joining in her celebra-
tion will be her broth-
ers Blake and Bradley and proud grand-
parents Eileen and Bob Milstein, and Dr.
Manuel Bordelove. She is also the grand-
daughter of the late Louise Bordelove.
Carli is a student at Orchard Lake
Middle School in West Bloomfield. As
part of her mitzvah experience, she vol-
unteered monthly for the bingo games
at the Fleischman Residence in West
Bloomfield, finding time with the resi-
dents to be very rewarding.

Isabelle Naomi Fox
will be called to the
Torah as a bat mitzvah
Saturday, Oct. 10, at
Adat Shalom
Synagogue in
Farmington Hills.
Joining her in celebra-
Fox
tion will be parents,
Michael and Stacy, and
siblings Elijah and
Goldie Fox. Proud grandparents are Saul
Arsht, and Larry and Tobi Fox. She is
also the granddaughter of the late Shirley
Arsht.
Izzy attends Bloomfield Hills Middle
School. Her mitzvah project includes
publishing a children's book, proceeds
of which will be donated to Tamarack
Camps, Send a Kid to Camp Fund.

Jillian Rose Lesson
will lead the congrega-
tion in prayer on the
occasion of her bat
mitzvah at Temple
Israel in West
Bloomfield on
Saturday, Oct. 10. She
Lesson
is the loving daughter
of Lauren and Randy
Lesson and sister of
Corey and Joshua. Joining in her celebra-
tion will be her proud grandparents
Linda Dembs, Sandra and Dennis
Dembs, Joan and Dr. Jerry Lesson, and
great-grandfather Nelson Dembs. Jillian
is also the great-grandchild of the late
Ann Dembs, the late Fannie and the late
Charles Alifeld, the late Florence and the
late Tom Lesson, the late Lillian and the

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late Sam Simon.
Jillian is a student at West Hills Middle
School in Bloomfield Hills. As part of
her mitzvah project, she participated
in J-Serve, where she helped to orga-
nize games at senior citizen homes and
helped to clean up inner city parks.

Austin Jared Miller,
son of Mindi Miller
and Daniel Miller, will
read from the Torah on
the occasion of his bar
mitzvah on Friday,
Oct. 9, at Temple
Israel in West
Miller
Bloomfield. Joining in
his celebration will be
his brother Logan and
proud grandparents Sharon Gold, Harold
Gold and Bobbi Miller. Austin is also the
grandson of the late Mike Miller.
He is a student at Walnut Creek
Middle School in Walled Lake. As part
of his many mitzvah experiences, Austin
collected more than 1,000 pop can tabs
to donate to the Ronald McDonald
House. The funds generated from
recycling these help offset the House's
expenses so it can serve as a home away
from home for seriously ill children and
their families.

Eliana Joy Provizer
will be called to the
Torah as a bat mitzvah
on Saturday, Oct. 10, at
Temple Israel in West
Bloomfield. She is the
loving daughter of Kari
and Dr. Jeffrey
Provizer
Provizer and sister of
Jake and Noah. Joining
Ellie in celebration will
be her proud grandparents Kay Kutinsky,
Sandy and Frank Kutinsky, and Gail and
Harold Provizer. Ellie is also the grand-
daughter of the late Joan Provizer. She is
the great-grandchild of the late Julia and
Bill Barris, the late Elsie and Morris
Kutinsky, the late Rose and Jack Provizer,
and the late Vivian and Lou Berry.
Ellie attends 0. E. Dunckel Middle
School in Farmington Hills. As part of
her mitzvah experience, she volunteered
at the Holocaust Memorial Center, where
she raised funds and awareness to help
support educational programs for public
school students, who might otherwise
not have the opportunity to visit the cen-
ter. At her bat mitzvah, she will be twin-
ning with Anna Klein, a young girl who
perished in the Holocaust.

Laela Faye Saulson
will become a bat
mitzvah on Saturday
morning, Oct. 10, at
Congregation Shaarey
Zedek in Southfield.
Sharing in her celebra-
tion will be her par-
Saulson
ents, Michelle and Eli
Saulson, and siblings
Isaac, Sophia and Fara.
Laela is grateful that her grandparents
Marjorie and Saul Saulson, and Margaret
and Mark Eichner will be joining in this
simchah.
Laela is an eighth-grade student
at Hillel Day School of Metropolitan
Detroit in Farmington Hills. For her
mitzvah project, she mentored students
in Detroit at the Boggs School through
PeerCorps.

Stella Eve Skolnik,
daughter of Michele
Freind and Bruce
Skolnik, will be called
to the Torah as a bat
mitzvah on Saturday,
Oct. 10, at
Congregation Beth
Skolnik
Ahm in West
Bloomfield. Her proud
sisters are Maya and
Nora Skolnik. Along with her grand-
mothers Marcia Freind and Marla
Skolnik, many of Stella's friends will cel-
ebrate with her.
Stella is in the seventh grade at Hillel
Day School of Metropolitan Detroit in
Farmington Hills. Her mitzvah project
focused on the Detroit-based PeerCorps,
which involved volunteering at the
St. Joseph Health Center and D-town
Farms.

Julia and Bridget Spilkin

Bridget Sadie Spilkin (Cayla Bina) and
Julia Elisabeth Spilkin (Ilana Leah) will
each be called to the Torah as a b'not
mitzvah on Saturday, Oct. 10, at Temple
Kol Ami in West Bloomfield. Bridget
and Julia's proud parents are Sharon and
Andy Spilkin. Sharing in the joy will be
the girls' grandparents, Larry and

Susann Spilkin, and Peter and Ida Wolf.
Bridget and Julia are eighth-grad-
ers at Berkshire Middle School in
Birmingham. As part of their mitzvah
experience, they baked and distributed
homemade cookies to cancer patients.
The mitzvah project was especially
meaningful as their grandmother is bat-
tling breast cancer.

Samuel Aidan
Wittenberg will be
called to the bimah as
a bar mitzvah on
Saturday, Oct. 10, at
Adat Shalom
Synagogue in
Farmington Hills. He
Wittenberg
is the loving son of
Stacey and Marc
Wittenberg and big
brother to Zachary and Jonah. Sharing in
his celebration will be his proud grand-
parents, Anita and Ronald Taylor, Eileen
and Sidney Bradley, and Carol and Larry
Wittenberg. Also participating will be
Sam's great-grandmother Betty Taylor.
Sam is an eighth-grader at West
Hills Middle School. Among his many
mitzvah experiences at JARC, his most
meaningful is volunteering annually at
the JARC Chanukah party.

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