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Madison Hope
Butler, daughter of
Lisa and Daniel Butler,
will become a bat
mitzvah at Temple
Israel in West
Bloomfield as she
reads from the Torah
Butler
on Saturday, Oct. 1.
She will be joined in
celebration by her siblings Jadyn and
Sydney, and proud grandparents Fran
Nagle and Jack Halifi, Kerry Nagle,
Barbara and David Moss, and Debra and
Steve Butler.
Madison is a student at West Hills
Middle School in Bloomfield Hills. As a
Type 1 diabetic and youth ambassador
for JDRF of Metro Detroit, she spoke at
JDRF events and helped spread aware-
ness of the organization and the efforts
to free the world of Type 1 diabetes.
Through her fundraising efforts, she
has raised more than $20,000 for JDRF.
Madison found this to be the most
meaningful of her many mitzvah experi-
ences.
Coden
Kyle Ross Coden will
lead the congregation
in prayer on the occa-
sion of his bar mitzvah
on Friday, Sept. 30, at
Temple Israel in West
Bloomfield. He will be
joined in celebration
by his proud parents,
AUG. 3
Melissa (Lynn) Lafer
and Jesse Lafer of West
Bloomfield are delighted
to announce the birth
of their son, Benjamin
Alex Lafer (Binyamin
Alexander). Benjamin
Lafer
is welcomed home by
proud big brother, Jacob
Dillon. Thrilled grandparents are Dee Dee
and Norman Lynn of West Bloomfield,
Kerry Lafer of Farmington Hills, and
Barbara and Larry Elson of Commerce
Township. Benjamin Alex is named in
loving memory of his paternal great-grand-
mother Betty Weingarten and his maternal
great-grandmother Anne (Gerry) Barr.
Fowler
JULY 25
Sara (Eber) Fowler
and Jeffrey Fowler of
Chicago, Ill., proudly
announce the birth
of their son, Samuel
Meir (Shmuel Meir).
Thrilled grandparents
are Debbi and Jon Eber
Karen and Andy Coden, and his siblings
Mackenzie, Kendall and Megan. He is
the grandson of Geraldine Kraus, the
late Dr. Edmond Kraus, Barbara Coden
and the late Ted Coden.
Kyle is a student at Walnut Creek
Middle School in West Bloomfield. For
one of his most meaningful mitzvah
projects, he led a charity drive to pro-
vide sports equipment to the Detroit
Police Athletic League (PAL) to benefit
underprivileged children.
Samantha Rose
Desmon will lead the
congregation in prayer
as she celebrates her
bat mitzvah at Temple
Israel in West
Bloomfield on
Saturday, Oct.
Desmon
1. Joining in
Samantha’s celebration
will be her proud parents, Beth and
Mike Desmon, and brother Jake. She is
the loving grandchild of Fran Nagle and
Jack Halifi, Kerry Nagle, and Loretta and
Michael Desmon. Her late great-grand-
parents are Sylvia and Nate Krause,
Carol and Harold Nagle, Rosemarie and
Henry Desmon, and Anita and Hanz
Janzen.
Samantha is a student at West Hills
Middle School in Bloomfield Hills. As
part of her most meaningful mitzvah
project, Samantha was the team cap-
tain for Relay for Life West Bloomfield
of West Bloomfield, and Sandra Cohen
and Patrick Fowler of Charlottesville,
Va. Samuel Meir is named in loving
memory of his paternal grandfather
Samuel Cohen and his maternal grand-
father Murray Eber.
APRIL 18
Sam and Naomi
(Washawsky) Harwin
of Berkeley, Calif., are
pleased to announce
the birth of their
daughter, Laya Malka
Harwin, little sister
Harwin
to Renana. Proud
grandfather for the
sixth time is Larry Harwin of West
Bloomfield. Laya is named after her
paternal grandmother Maxine Lois
Harwin, whose Yiddish name was Malka
Liba.
Purple Monkeys, raising funds and
awareness for the American Cancer
Society. Over the past three years, her
team has raised more than $30,000.
Zachary Hayden
Friedman was called
to the Torah at
Congregation B’nai
Moshe on Saturday,
Sept. 24, 2016. He is
the son of Kenneth
and Sharon Friedman
Friedman
and brother of Kevin
Friedman, grandson of
Judith and the late Bernard Friedman,
and Beverly and Mark Roth.
Zachary attends Anderson Middle
School in Berkley. For his mitzvah proj-
ect, he taught karate classes to younger
children at the Oak Park Community
Center.
Ashley Paige Gilbert
(Shirah Bracha) of
Farmington Hills cele-
brated her bat mitzvah
on Saturday, Sept. 17,
at Temple Shir Shalom
in West Bloomfield.
She was joined by her
Gilbert
proud parents, Jeff and
Michelle Gilbert;
devoted sister, Gabby Gilbert; loving
grandparents, George and Joanie Cohen,
and Mary Cabaniss; and many special
family members and friends.
Ashley is in the eighth grade at
Warner Middle School in Farmington
Hills. Her most meaningful mitzvah
project was collecting used towels and
blankets from generous family, friends
and other acquaintances, which were
then donated to various Metro Detroit
animal shelters.
Mia Rose Lewis will
read from the Torah
on the occasion of her
bat mitzvah at Temple
Israel in West
Bloomfield on
Saturday, Oct. 1. She
will be joined in cele-
Lewis
bration by her proud
parents, Jen and Keith
Lewis, and her brother Jack. Mia is the
grandchild of the late Thelma and the
late Martin Kopel, and the late Betty and
the late Karl Lewis.
She attends Covington Middle School
in Bloomfield Hills. As part of her mitz-
vah project, Mia has been involved with
PeerCorps Detroit, a program of Repair
the World, working alongside other
youth and residents of Detroit in the
urban garden and farming movement.
Specifically, she worked in the Eden
Gardens Block Club neighborhood on
beautification through garden develop-
ment and found this project to be very
meaningful in creating a bridge from
the suburbs to the city.
Shapiro 65th
P
hyllis and Harvey Shapiro of West
Bloomfield and Scottsdale, Ariz.,
celebrated their 65th anniversary
on Sept. 23 at a family dinner with their
children and grandchildren. The festivities
will continue with family and friends in
Arizona.
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