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Leo Henry
Abramsky (Shmuel
Chaim) will be called
to the Torah on
Saturday, March 19, at
Temple Emanu-El in
Oak Park. He is the
much loved son of
Abramsky
Matthew and Sharon
Abramsky of
Huntington Woods and grandson of
Marilyn and Brian Abramsky, and
Robert and Susan Friedman.
Leo is in seventh grade at Norup
International Middle School in Oak Park.
For his mitzvah project, he mentored
elementary school children at a winter
camp in Southwest Detroit.

Alexandra
Buchman

Brevin
Buchman

Alexandra Tate Buchman and Brevin
Chase Buchman, children of Cynthia
and Dr. Steven Buchman, will share the
bimah at Temple Israel in West
Bloomfield on Saturday, March 19, as
they celebrate their b’nai mitzvah.
Sharing in their celebration will be their
siblings Lauren and Bradyn and proud
grandparents Matilda and Donald
Boufford, and Lillian and Nathan
Buchman.
Alexandra and Brevin are students
at Novi Middle School. Of the many
mitzvah projects they took part in, each
felt one was the most meaningful. For
Alexandra, it was her experience rais-
ing funds and donating to the Michigan
Humane Society; for Brevin, it was his
time volunteering with students at Novi
Elementary School. Both felt that being
able to make a real difference in others’
lives was very rewarding.

Libby Aliza Cohen
will lead the congre-
gation in prayer on
the occasion of her
bat mitzvah at
Temple Israel in West
Bloomfield on
Saturday, March 19.
Cohen
Libby is the loving
daughter of Lori and
Michael Cohen and sister of Benjamin.
She is the grandchild of Roslynn Cohen,
the late Bernard Cohen, and Mary Ann
and Donald Baiers.
Libby is a student at White Lake
Middle School in White Lake. Among
her many mitzvah projects, she felt

volunteering for Jewish Family Services
Shabbat in the Box to be the most mean-
ingful. This program involved creating,
decorating and filling Shabbat boxes,
which are then delivered to homebound
older adults and families.

Ivy Grace
Kwartowitz of
Huntington Woods
will become a bat
mitzvah on Saturday,
March 19, at Temple
Beth El in Bloomfield
Township. Ivy is the
Kwartowicz
adored daughter of
Jessica and Gary
Kwartowitz, sister of Max and Jack, and
granddaughter of Ellen and Allan
Wilson, Monica Kwartowitz, and the
beloved late Jerome Kwartowitz.
Ivy is a seventh-grader at Norup
International Middle School in Oak Park.

Nolan Alexander
Werner will be called
to the Torah as a bar
mitzvah on Friday,
March 18, at Temple
Beth El in Bloomfield
Township. He is the
son of Carolyn and
Werner
Scott Werner and the
brother of Spencer
Werner. His proud grandparents Karyn
Werner, and Audrey and Seymour
Markowitz will join him on this joyous
occasion. Nolan is also the grandson of
the late Neil Werner, for whom he was
named.
Nolan is a student at Derby Middle
School in Birmingham. For his mitzvah
project, he packed buckets of necessities
for people in communities hit by natural
disasters.

Alexandra Jillian
Yaker, daughter of
Julie and Daniel
Yaker, will read from
the Torah on the
occasion of her bat
mitzvah at Temple
Israel in West
Yaker
Bloomfield on Friday,
March 18. She will be
joined in celebration by her brothers
Noah and Levi and proud grandparents
Nancy Kushkin, and Elaine and Barry
Yaker. Alexandra is also the granddaugh-
ter of the late Larry Kushkin.
Alexandra is a student at West Hills
Middle School in Bloomfield Hills. She is
passionate about animals and designed
and sold “Pause 4 Paws” bracelets from
which all proceeds benefited local ani-
mal rescues. She found this to be the
most rewarding of her many mitzvah
projects.

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