Moments

SEPTEMBER 12 • 2019 | 53

Rachel Hannah 
Blum, daughter 
of Lori Blum and 
Loren Blum, will 
chant from the 
Torah as she 
celebrates her bat mitzvah 
on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019, 
at Temple Israel in West 
Bloomfield. Sharing in her 
special day will be her sib-
lings Jason Przybylowicz, 
Ashley Behrens, Scott 
Przybylowicz, Danielle Blum, 
Lily and Nick Werthman, and 
Skyler Blum as well as grand-
mother Cissy Gordon. Rachel 
is also the loving sister of the 
late Hannah Blum and the 
grandchild of the late Walter 
Gordon and the late Rochelle 
Blum.
She is a student at Abbott 
Middle School in West 
Bloomfield. As part of her 
most meaningful mitzvah 
project, Rachel organized a 
fundraiser to raise awareness 
of ALS and help defer costs 
for her Uncle Michael, who 
has this disease. 

Brennan 
Benjamin 
Gesund, son of 
Monique and Todd 
Gesund, will lead 
the congregation 
in prayer as he becomes a 
bar mitzvah at Temple Israel 
in West Bloomfield on Friday, 
Sept. 13, 2019. He will be 
joined in celebration by his 
sisters Riley and Sage. He is 
the loving grandchild of Nancy 
and Sheldon Satovsky, George 
and Janne Gesund, Darleen 
and Tony Hastings, and the 
late Gordon Edwards.
Brennan is a student at 
Walnut Creek Middle School 
in West Bloomfield. Among 
his many mitzvah projects, he 
felt volunteering many week-

ends in our community as 
part of the Quest youth group 
at Temple Israel was the most 
meaningful.

Molly Sarah 
Hirsch (Mirriam 
Sarah) was called 
to the Torah as 
a bat mitzvah at 
Congregation Shir 
Tikvah in Troy on Saturday, 
Sept. 7, 2019. She is the 
daughter of Heidi and Jason 
Hirsch, the sister of Maxwell 
Hirsch, and the granddaughter 
of Bernard and the late Mirriel 
Hirsch, and the late Shirley 
and Jack Hes. 
Molly attends Derby Middle 
School in Birmingham. Among 
her mitzvah projects, she 
volunteered at Gleaners Food 
Bank. 

Brody Harrison 
Lutz, son of Beth 
and Adam Lutz 
and the brother 
of Danielle and 
Carter Lutz, will 
become a bar mitzvah on 
Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019, 
during a Havdalah service at 
the Chase Building in Detroit, 
followed by a celebration with 
friends and family. He is the 
grandson of Eric and Linda 
Kay Freedman, and the late 
Allan Freedman.
Brody is an eighth-grader 
at Derby Middle School in 
Birmingham. For his mitz-
vah project, he collected 
dresses, shoes and acces-
sories from school for the 
nonprofit reWEARable. He 
helped sort and transport 
more than 1,000 items and 
gave them away in March to 
girls in Detroit who otherwise 
couldn’
t afford them for their 
proms.

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