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Noah Gabriel Leib,
son of Jodi and Eric
Leib and brother of
Morgan, will read
from the Torah as he
celebrates his bar
mitzvah at Temple
Leib
Israel in West
Bloomfield on
Saturday, Nov. 5. He is the loving grand-
child of Susan and Charles Richards, and
Babs and Dr. Joel Leib. Noah is the great-
grandchild of the late Florence
Friedman, the late Nathalie Benyas, the
late Joseph Plotnick, and the late Barbara
and the late Manford Rosenbloom.
Noah attends Warner Middle School
in Farmington Hills. Among his many
mitzvah experiences, he found his most
meaningful to be helping to combat hun-
ger in our community by volunteering
at the Free Fresh Food Pantry at Temple
Israel.

Nora Eden Skolnik,
daughter of Michele
Freind and Bruce
Skolnik, will be called
to the Torah as a bat
mitzvah on Saturday,
Nov. 5, at
Congregation Beth
Skolnik
Ahm in West
Bloomfield. Her
proud sisters are Maya and Stella
Skolnik. Her grandmothers Marcia
Freind and Marla Skolnik and many of
Nora’s friends will celebrate with her.
Nora is in the seventh grade at Hillel
Day School of Metropolitan Detroit in
Farmington Hills. Her mitzvah project
consisted of numerous community
service activities in the Detroit-based
PeerCorps.

Nicole Spizizen,
daughter of Debra
and Kevin Spizizen,
will become a bat
mitzvah on Saturday,
Nov. 5, at Adat
Shalom Synagogue
in Farmington Hills.
Spizizen
She is the grand-
daughter of Mrs.
Judith Stein and the late Alfred Stein,
Mr. and Mrs. Neil Spizizen, and the
late Marlene Spizizen. Nicole will be
joined in celebration by her sister
Jacqueline and brothers Ivan and
Jason.
Nicole is in the seventh grade at
West Hills Middle School. She enjoys
styling and braiding hair for her
friends, and her mitzvah project incor-
porated this by donating her skills
to JARC’ s Spring Elation and raising
money with her friends for JARC and
various other organizations.

Gabriela Wurgaft
(Tovah) of Millburn,
N.J., will become a bat
mitzvah at
Congregation B’nai
Israel on Saturday,
Nov. 5. Sharing in her
special day will be her
Wurgaft
parents, Isabel
Goldfaden and
Hernan Wurgaft; her sister, Olivia; proud
grandparents, Sarah Goldfaden of
Bloomfield Hills, Liliana Kirberg and
Jose Wurgaft of Santiago, Chile; and fam-
ily and friends from around the
world. Gabriela is the granddaughter of
the late Louis Goldfaden.
Gabriela is an eighth-grade student
at Millburn Middle School. For her
mitzvah project, she volunteered at the
Friendship Circle.

Weinstein 105th

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etty Weinstein will celebrate her 105th
birthday on Nov. 13. A longtime Detroit
resident, she has resided in Florida
for many years and in the Sarasota area for
the last 25 years. She lived independently
for 19 years at Kobernick House, a Jewish
senior home, and has been at the Smith Care
Nursing Facility for the last 2½ years. She
loves seeing family, Lois Stulberg, and Elaine
and Bob Appel, as well as her friend and
caregiver Mary. She still does the shimmy
when attending music programs, and she
does FaceTime with her 12 great-grand-
children who are her greatest joys.

Genesis Lab

SCIENCE ˆ TECHNOLOGY ˆ ENGINEERING ˆ MATHEMATICS

OUR S.T.E.M. IS ONLY AS
STRONG AS OUR ROOTS

FRANKEL JEWISH ACADEMY is proud to unveil its state-of-
the-art Genesis Lab, which will be among the most sophisticated
fabrication labs of any college preparatory school in Detroit.

With 3D printers and laser cutting tools, Genesis Lab will play a
critical role in supporting our teachers’ ability in taking abstract
classroom instruction to an unprecedented level of hands-on
learning.

Technology is a component in preparing tomorrow’s leaders,
but the best machinery will never supplant cultivating the roots
of leadership — character development and social responsibility
— which gives our S.T.E.M. its foundational strength.

Cultivating tomorrow’s leaders
through academic rigor and
Torah values.

Call our Director of Admissions,
Lisa Gilan, at (248) 592-5263 or
visit us online at frankelja.org to
schedule a tour.

6600 West Maple Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48322

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