Moments
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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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