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Parents are the Heroes in Orthodontics
Ask the Orthodontist
Matthew Doctoroff
will be called to the
Torah as a bar mitz-
vah at Congregation
Beth Shalom in Oak
Park on Saturday,
May 7. He is the son
of Stacy and Andy
Doctoroff
Doctoroff and broth-
er of Nicole and
Alana. His proud grandparents are
Susan and Dennis Kay of Farmington
Hills. He is also the grandson of the
late Hon. Martin and the late Dr.
Allene Doctoroff.
Matthew attends Norup
International Middle School in Oak
Park. He chose for one of his mitzvah
projects to assist the James and Grace
Lee Boggs School of Detroit by pur-
chasing and collecting gardening tools
to replace what was stolen from the
school so they can continue using their
greenhouse.
Noah Benjamin
Eaton will be called
to the Torah as a bar
mitzvah on Saturday,
May 7, at Temple
Israel in West
Bloomfield. He is the
loving son of Jackie
Eaton
and Kevin Eaton and
brother of Ryan and
Kenneth. He will be joined in celebra-
tion by his proud grandparents Sharon
Eaton, and Carol and Donald Cohen,
and great-grandmothers Irene Cohen
and Rita Tepfer-Klein. Noah is also the
grandchild of the late Kenneth Eaton
Jr.
Noah attends West Hills Middle
School in Bloomfield Hills. As part of
his mitzvah project, he collected tzeda-
kah and Legos to give to area hospitals
for children undergoing chemotherapy.
He found this experience, coordinated
through A Bottomless Toy Chest, to be
very meaningful.
Adam Lynch will
celebrate his bar
mitzvah on Saturday,
May 7, at Temple
Beth El in
Bloomfield
Township.
Celebrating with
Lynch
Adam will be his
proud parents,
Rebecca and Russ Lynch, his sister
Sarah Lynch and his loving grandpar-
ents Dennis and Dolores Lynch. He is
also the grandson of the late Robert
and the late Bonnie Wine.
Adam is a seventh-grader at O.E.
Dunckel Middle School in Farmington
By far the individuals with the most unappreciated role in the orthodontic
treatment of a child are the parents. It is the mom or dad that bears
the responsibility for making the appointment, bringing the child to the
appointment, coordinating schedules, and usually being unappreciated in
the process. Look at usually any mother’s (and many times fathers) planners
and it is amazing that an additional monthly commitment is even workable.
Hills. His most meaningful mitzvah
project was at the North End Soup
Kitchen, where he helped those affect-
ed by the Flint water crisis.
Who picks the child up from soccer or dance or whatever and rushes to get to
the orthodontic appointment on time? Who gets the phone call at the most
inopportune time and must change their schedule at the last minute to bring
the child in for some unexpected emergency? Who hears the words “I can’t
find my retainer”? Who worries about the child not brushing well enough,
and who gets the complaining that something else is more important? The
answer to all these questions is mom or dad. The parent also is the one who
hears the gripes and woes of the patient.
Dr. Nelson Hersh
Dr. Marsha Beattie
Dr. Amy Isenberg
Alexis
Morton
Mackenzie
Morton
Alexis Eve Morton and Mackenzie Ava
Morton, children of Nanci and David
Farber, and Rachel and Jeff Morton, will
share the bimah at Temple Israel in
West Bloomfield on Friday, May 6, as
they celebrate their b’not mitz-
vah. Sharing in their celebration will be
their siblings Ryan, Amanda, Justin,
Samantha and Hailey. Alexis and
Mackenzie are the loving grandchildren
of Audrey and Bill Farber, Eileen and
Ron Smith, Elaine and Jerry Morton, and
Noreen and Dan Keller.
Alexis and Mackenzie are students
at Hillel Day School of Metropolitan
Detroit in Farmington Hills. Of the many
mitzvah projects they took part in, each
felt volunteering at Temple Israel in
the classrooms of the Susan and Rabbi
Harold Loss Early Childhood Center was
the most meaningful.
Parents are the “Heroes” of the orthodontist. It is the parent that must put the
child before all else, and make a financial commitment because they know
whether their child wants braces or not, it is the “right” thing to do.
Licensed Specialists
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That is one reason why we had the expansion of our office done. We want
to make things easier for mom or dad and have an environment that shows
we care and appreciate the parent. The parent is the “unsung” hero of
orthodontics and we tip our hats to the moms and dads who make our job
easier. And lastly, here’s something you rarely hear, “THANK YOU!”
West Bloomfield
Commerce Township
248.926.4100
Located in the
Lakes Medical Building
Drs. Hersh, Beattie & Isenberg invite you to join our patient family.
Our offi ces are located
on the border of West Bloomfi eld/Commerce Township at
2300 Haggerty Road, Suite 1160 (248) 926-4100 and our
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Emily Rubin, children of Debbie and
Jeff Rubin, will share the bimah at
Temple Israel in West Bloomfield on
Saturday, May 7, as they celebrate their
b’nai mitzvah. Sharing in their celebra-
tion will be their brother Jay and proud
grandparents Judy and Jerry Rubin, and
Deena Epstein. They are also the grand-
children of the late Norman Epstein.
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