moments

Rachel Mira Berris
(Ronit Mira) will be
called to the Torah
as a bat mitzvah on
Saturday, Nov. 18, at
Congregation
B’nai Moshe in
West Bloomfield.
Berris
She is the loving
daughter of Randi
and Gordon Berris
and the granddaughter of Karen and
the late Fred Gluckson, Norman and
Phyllis Goldberg, and Marvin and
Jane Berris.
Rachel is a seventh-grader at West
Hills Middle School in Bloomfield
Hills. Her most meaningful mitzvah
project was collecting hundreds
of new and gently used children’s
books to donate to an elementary
school in Detroit.

Alex Steven Engel
will become a bar
mitzvah at Temple
Israel in West
Bloomfield on
Saturday, Nov. 18.
He will be joined in
celebration by his
proud parents,
Engel
Marilyn Charnes
Engel and Dr. Jerry
Engel, and sister Michelle. Alex is
the loving grandchild of Margie and
Allen Charnes, and Sarah and the
late Stanley Engel.
Alex is a student at Walnut Creek
Middle School in West Bloomfield.
For his most meaningful mitz-
vah project, he volunteered with
the horse program at the West
Bloomfield-based Friendship Circle
Summer Camp.

Morgan Cascade
Goldberg (Moshe
David) of
Bloomfield Hills,
will become a bar
mitzvah at Adat
Shalom
Synagogue in
Farmington Hills
Goldberg
on Sunday, Nov. 19.
He is the son of
Rebecca Goldberg and Craig
Goldberg. His grandparents are Joel
and Lynn Levi, and Jean Cascade. He
is also the grandchild of the late
Sam Cascade, the late Milton
Goldberg and the late Jan Levi. His
siblings are Ari and Julia.
Morgan attends Berkshire Middle
School in Beverly Hills. For his mitz-
vah project he volunteered at St.
Leo’s Soup Kitchen in Detroit.

Samuel Hayden
Goodman (Samuel
Hadar), son of
Kimberly and Gary
Goodman, will
become a bar mitz-
vah at Temple
Beth El in
Bloomfield
Goodman
Township on
Saturday, Nov. 18.
Sam is the younger brother of Ryan
and the grandson of the late Debra
Steinberg, Ron Steinberg, Barbi and
Ed Krass, and Peter Goodman.
He is a seventh-grader at
Berkshire Middle School in Beverly
Hills. In addition to the mitzvot
performed with the Temple Beth El
Religious School, Sam found hosting
several of his birthday parties as fun-
draisers for holiday gifts for children
in need as most meaningful.

Abbey Gray will
lead the congrega-
tion in prayer on
the occasion of her
bat mitzvah at
Temple Israel in
West Bloomfield on
Friday, Nov. 17. She
Gray
will be joined in
celebration by her
proud parents, Lisa
Kourkouliotis and Jeffrey Slomovitz,
and sister Alyssa. Abbey is the loving
grandchild of Patricia Kourkouliotis,
Joan Gray, and Paula and Murray
Slomovitz.
She is a student at Warner Middle
School in Farmington Hills. As part
of her most meaningful mitzvah
experience, Abbey volunteered
for several years for the Susan G.
Komen three-day Walk for A Cure
and raised money for donation to
breast cancer research.

Sam Melder of
Farmington Hills
will become a bar
mitzvah at Temple
Shir Shalom in
West Bloomfield on
Saturday, Nov. 18.
Participating in the
Melder
ceremony will be
Aric and Bari
Melder, his parents,
and Ryan Melder, his brother. Proud
grandparents are Elaine and Sanford
Melder, and Barbara Zipkin. He is also
the grandchild of the late Harvey
Zipkin.
Sam is a student at Warner Middle
School in Farmington Hills. For his
mitzvah project, he collected funds
from bagel sales at Shir Shalom for the
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

Caleb “Coby”
Robbins celebrated
his bar mitzvah on
Saturday, Oct. 28, at
B’nai Israel
Synagogue in West
Bloomfield. He is
the son of Rabbi
Mark and Amy
Robbins
Robbins and the
brother of Adina.
He is the grandson of Nelson and
Shelly Wolf of Wynnewood, Pa., and
Arthur and Judy Robbins of
Providence, R.I.
Caleb is a seventh-grader at Hillel
Day School of Metropolitan Detroit
in Farmington Hills. He volunteered
at the Friendship Circle in West
Bloomfield and greatly enjoyed get-
ting to know the kids.

Brooklynn Jule
Rosenberg will
become a bat mitz-
vah Saturday, Nov.
18, at Temple Kol
Ami in West
Bloomfield. She is
the daughter of
Alan and Barbara
Rosenberg
Rosenberg of West
Bloomfield, sister of
Lily and the granddaughter of the
late Gerald Rosenberg, Sally Levine,
and the late William and Shirley
Schmitt.
Brooklynn is a student at Abbott
Middle School in West Bloomfield.
She dedicated her time volunteer-
ing for the Friendship Circle in West
Bloomfield.

Zachary Aidan
Slomovitz, son of
Barb Erlich and
Jeffrey Slomovitz,
will chant from the
Torah on the occa-
sion of his bar mitz-
vah at Temple
Slomovitz
Israel in West
Bloomfield on
Friday, Nov. 17. He
will be joined in celebration by his
brother Morgan and proud grand-
parents Patti and Fred Erlich, and
Paula and Murray Slomovitz.
Zachary attends Warner Middle
School in Farmington Hills. As part
of his mitzvah project, he volun-
teered at West Bloomfied-based
JARC to assist in the mission to
enrich the lives of people with dis-
abilities. He found this experience to
be very rewarding.

Ava Rose Usher,
daughter of Sharon
Usher and Matthew
Usher, will become
a bat mitzvah at
Adat Shalom
Synagogue on
Saturday, Nov. 18.
Usher
Sharing in Ava’s cel-
ebration will be her
proud grandparents
Jenny and Lazer Dorfman, Arlene
and Tony Adelson and Michael
Usher. Ava is grateful that Mike
Shepard and her great-grandmother,
Bernice Stone, will join in this sim-
chah.
Ava is a student at West Hills
Middle School in Bloomfield Hills.
As part of her many mitzvah proj-
ects, Ava enjoyed volunteering at
ORT’s Camp Hermelin.

Samantha Ariel
Witt, daughter of
Julie and Frank
Witt, will read from
the Torah as she
becomes a bat
mitzvah at Temple
Israel in West
Witt
Bloomfield on
Saturday, Nov. 18.
She will be joined
in celebration by her brother
Brandon and proud grandparents
Barbara and Dr. Burton Weintraub,
and Wanda and Frank Witt.
She is a student at Hillel Day
School of Metropolitan Detroit in
Farmington Hills. Samantha, an
accomplished pianist, performed for
the residents at Brookdale Assisted
Living as part of her most meaning-
ful mitzvah project.

Jonah Russell
Wolfe (Yona
Raphael) of
Huntington Woods
will become a bar
mitzvah on Friday,
Nov, 17, at Temple
Shir Shalom in
West Bloomfield.
Wolfe
His parents are
Robert and
Amanda Wolfe and his younger
brother is Justin. Jonah is the grand-
child of Arvin and Ruthanne
Pearlman, Sandra Wolfe and the late
Jerome “Jerry” Wolfe.
He is a student at Norup
International School in Oak Park.
Jonah’s mitzvah project was con-
nected to the Downtown Boxing
Gym. He is asking for donations
instead of gifts for his bar mitzvah:
crowdrise.com/o/en/team/jonah.

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