28 May 2 • 2019
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moments

Naomi Bernard will
become a bat mitzvah
on Saturday, May 4,
2019, at B’
nai Israel
Synagogue in West
Bloomfield. She is the
daughter of Mechelle
and David Bernard, the sister of
Becky, and the granddaughter of
David and Margaret Leduc, and Etta
Bernard and the late Helmut
Bernard.
Naomi is in the seventh grade at
Hillel Day School of Metropolitan
Detroit in Farmington Hills. For her
mitzvah project, she is volunteering
with Repair the World PeerCorps.

Spencer Jack
Goldberg will be
called to the Torah as
a bar mitzvah on
Sunday, May 5, 2019,
at a private Rosh
Chodesh service at
Knollwood Country Club in West
Bloomfield. Joining in his
celebration will be his proud
parents, Stacy Goldberg and Dale
Goldberg, and his sister Sloane. He
is the loving grandchild of Phyllis
and Richard Canvasser, and the late
Herbert and Irene Goldberg.
Spencer is a student at Berkshire
Middle School in Birmingham.
Among his many mitzvah projects,
he found it most meaningful to
collect items for the Michigan
Humane Society to help pets in
need.

Jordan Ian Jerome
will lead the
congregation in prayer
on the occasion of his
bar mitzvah on
Saturday, May 4,
2019, at Temple Israel
in West Bloomfield. He will be
joined in celebration by his proud
parents, Julie and Allan Jerome, and
sister Gabrielle. He is the loving
grandchild of Lillian and the late
Irven Jerome, and the late Ilene and
Gerald Morgan.
Jordan is a student at Abbott
Middle School in West Bloomfield.
Among his many mitzvah projects,
he found preparing and planting
crops at Temple Israel’
s Garden of
Mitzvot to be the most meaningful.

Peyton Alexandra
Kaplan, daughter of
Robyn and Glenn
Kaplan, will lead the
congregation in prayer
as she becomes a bat
mitzvah at Temple
Israel in West
Bloomfield on Saturday, May 4, 2019.
She will be joined in celebration by
her siblings Hannah and Sammi, and
proud grandparents Linda and
Stanley Beltzman, and Linda and
Raymond Stone. She is also the lov-
ing grandchild of the late Martin
Kaplan.
Peyton is a student at Walnut
Creek Middle School in West
Bloomfield. At her middle school,
she tutored students who have
struggled in class, her most reward-
ing mitzvah project.

Livia Spiro Moray,
daughter of Monica
and Jon Moray, will
lead the congregation
in prayer as she
becomes a bat mitzvah
at Temple Israel in
West Bloomfield on Saturday, May 4,
2019. She will be joined in celebra-
tion by her brother Jared Pazner and
proud grandparents Nadele Spiro,
Elaine P. Spiro and Henry J. Spiro,
and Muriel and Bernard Moray.
Livia is a student at Detroit
Country Day School in Beverly Hills.
For her mitzvah project, she volun-
teered for Art and Soul Dreams, an
all-volunteer nonprofit dedicated to
connecting families to children as
part of the Michigan foster care and
adoption system.

Joey Soffer will be
called to the Torah as a
bar mitzvah during
Havdalah services at
Temple Shir Shalom
in West Bloomfield on
Saturday, May 4, 2019.
Joining in his celebration will be his
proud parents, Randee and David
Soffer, family and friends. He is the
grandson of Josephine Fridson and
the late Ernest Fridson, Eileen Soffer
and Fred Soffer.
Joey is a student at Warner Middle
School in Farmington Hills. As part
of his mitzvah project, he collected
food and donations for the Michigan
Animal Rescue League.

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