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Christopher Dean
Caballero II, son of
Gynae Atara Ashira
Little and Christopher
Caballero Sr., will be
called to the Torah as
a bar mitzvah on
Saturday, May 14, at
Caballero
Temple Israel in
West Bloomfield.
Joining in his sim-
chah will be his sister Kristanae, proud
grandparents Renee and Marcus
Cofield, Barbara and Rodney Gatson,
and Gloria and Earrold Caballero, and
great-grandmothers Antoinnette Cooper
and Sara Little.
Christopher attends Norup
International School in Oak Park.
His most meaningful mitzvah project
involved participating in a clean-up
of the children’s section at Hebrew
Memorial Park Cemetery with his men-
tor Rick Feldman and a group from
Temple Israel led by Rabbi Jennifer
Kaluzny.

Among her many mitzvah experiences,
she found volunteering for Temple
Israel’s Kever Avot program to be the
most meaningful. This very special pro-
gram provides an opportunity for older
adults in the community to visit the
gravesites of their loved ones.

Ellie Brooke Kroll
(Henya Sara) will cel-
ebrate her bat mitz-
vah on Saturday, May
14, at Keter Torah
Synagogue in West
Bloomfield. She is the
loving daughter of
Kroll
Jonathan and
Michelle Kroll and
sister of Jacob and
Joshua. She will be joined in celebration
by her proud grandparents David and
Leslie Ben-Ezra and great-grandfather
Joseph Ephraim. Ellie is also the grand-
daughter of the late Henya Kroll and the
late Chaim Kroll.
Ellie is a student at Berkshire Middle
School in Beverly Hills.

Jack Logan Copley
will be called to the
Torah as a bar mitz-
vah on Saturday, May
14, at Temple Israel
in West Bloomfield.
Joining in his sim-
chah are his proud
Copley
parents, Cheryl and
Jason Copley, and sis-
ter Madison. He is the
loving grandson of Naomi and Martin
Doren, and Norma and Bruce Copley.
Jack attends Detroit Country Day
School in Beverly Hills. As part of his
many mitzvah experiences, he volun-
teered for the Miracle League, playing
baseball with children with disabilities,
which he found to be very meaningful.

Ari Max Leflein will
be called to the Torah
as a bar mitzvah at
Beth Israel
Congregation in Ann
Arbor Saturday, May
14. He is the son of
Jeffrey and Laurie
Leflein
Leflein and brother of
Jacob, Elana and
Shoshana. Celebrat-
ing on this occasion will be his proud
grandparents Allan and Mary
Silverman, and William and Raina
Leflein.
Ari is a seventh-grade student at
Tappan Middle School in Ann Arbor
and a graduate of Hebrew Day School.

Logan Carly
Forman will lead the
congregation in
prayer on the occa-
sion of her bat mitz-
vah at Temple Israel
in West Bloomfield
on Saturday, May 14.
Forman
She is the loving
daughter of Shawn
and Jeff Forman, sis-
ter of Adam and Eric, and the grand-
child of Sharlee and Mel Hoberman,
Marsha Davidson Velthoven, the late
Fred Velthoven, Sheila and the late
Leon Forman. Her great-grandparents
are the late Katie and the late Irvin
Forman, the late Gertrude and the late
Sol Hoberman, the late Clara and the
late Norman Davidson.
Logan is a student at O.E. Dunckel
Middle School in Farmington Hills.

Adam Harold Levitt
will lead the congre-
gation in prayer on
the occasion of his
bar mitzvah Friday,
May 13, at Temple
Israel in West
Bloomfield. He will
Levitt
be joined in celebra-
tion by his proud par-
ents, Tracy and Dr.
Jeffrey Levitt, and sister Lauren. Adam is
the grandchild of Rita and the late
Howard S. Levitt, and Judith and the late
Herbert Geyer.
Adam is a student at the Roeper
School in Birmingham. As part of
his mitzvah experience, he helped to
combat hunger in our community by
volunteering at Forgotten Harvest,
which he found to be a very meaningful
experience.

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Joshua Ryan Papo,
son of Brian and
Julie Papo, will read
from the Torah as
he celebrates his
bar mitzvah on
Saturday, May 14, at
Temple Israel in
Papo
West Bloomfield.
He will be joined in
celebration by his
sister Amanda and proud grandpar-
ents Florence Davidson, and Barbara
and Sander Papo. Joshua is also the
grandchild of the late Paul Davidson.
Joshua is a student at James R.
Geisler Middle School in Commerce
Township. He found volunteering for
the Miracle League with the West
Bloomfield-based Friendship Circle
to be the most meaningful of his
many mitzvah projects.

Alexandra Hope
Pearlman will be
called to the Torah
as a bat mitzvah on
Friday, May 13, at
Temple Shir
Shalom in West
Bloomfield. She will
Pearlman
be joined in cele-
bration by her
proud parents,
Debbie and Joel Pearlman, and her
siblings Dani and Charlie. Alex is the
granddaughter of Judy Siegel,
Barbara and Stuart Pearlman, and
the late Donald Siegel.
Alex is a student at Norup
International School in Oak Park. As
part of her mitzvah experience, she
volunteered her time at Forgotten
Harvest, which provides food to
Detroit’s underprivileged families.

David Brandon
Royzenblat, son of
Karina Royzenblat
and Alexander
Royzenblat, will
read from the Torah
as he becomes a bar
mitzvah Friday,
Royzenblat
May 13, at Temple
Israel in West
Bloomfield. He will
be joined in celebration by his proud
grandparents Inna and Aleksandr
Kleyner, and Raisa and Gennady
Royzenblat. He is the great-grand-
child of Fira and Beniamin Kleyner.
David is a student at Derby Middle
School in Birmingham. He volun-

teered at Yad Ezra in Berkley and at
a kosher pantry in Virginia as part
of his mitzvah project. He found it
very rewarding to help provide food
to people who otherwise would not
have enough to eat and cannot go to
other places because they are follow-
ing Jewish dietary laws.

Alex Brett Scher
will be called to the
Torah on Saturday,
May 14, at Temple
Shir Shalom in
West Bloomfield.
Celebrating with
him will be his par-
Scher
ents, Glenn and
Missy Scher. He is
also blessed to
share this simchah with his grand-
parents Asher and Daryl Turin of
Toronto, and Walter and Sheila Scher
of Florida. Alex is also the grandson
of the late Sam Leiter.
Alex is a student at Walnut Creek
Middle School in Walled Lake. His
favorite mitzvah experience was
contributing to the learning and
leadership of the second-grade class
at Temple Shir Shalom on Sunday
mornings during religious school.

Nathan Max
Silverman of
Franklin will
become a bar mitz-
vah on Saturday,
May 14, at
Congregation
Shaarey Zedek in
Silverman
Southfield. He is
the son of Jennifer
and Paul Silverman
and the brother of Eliana and Levi.
Sharing in his simchah will be proud
grandparents Lila and Gilbert
Silverman, Leslie and Robert
Golding, and Renee Dagher and Rick
Pulford. Nate is the great-grandson
of Fanny Zuckerman, the late Max
Zuckerman, the late Esther and
Nathan Silverman, the late Mary and
Morris Smith, and the late Dorothy
and Ervin Golding.
Nathan is a seventh-grader at
Cranbrook Kingswood Middle
School for Boys in Bloomfield Hills.
As part of his many meaningful
mitzvah projects, he volunteers at
the Detroit Rescue Mission to serve
meals to the homeless.