Moments
54 | SEPTEMBER 12 • 2019
Mason Ellis
Rothschild, son
of Marla and
Bruce Rothschild,
will lead the
congregation in
prayer as he becomes a bar
mitzvah at Temple Israel in
West Bloomfield on Saturday,
Sept. 14, 2019. He will be
joined in celebration by
his sister Isabel and proud
grandparents Renee and
Barry Bean, and Odie and Jeff
Rothschild.
Mason attends West Hills
Middle School in Bloomfield
Hills. With overwhelming sup-
port from family and friends,
he collected approximately
150 blankets for Beaumont
Children’
s Hospital. He found
this to be the most mean-
ingful of his many mitzvah
projects.
Allie Ryan
Tepper, sur-
rounded by family
and friends, will
be called to the
Torah as a bat
mitzvah on Saturday, Sept.
14, 2019, at Temple Israel in
West Bloomfield. She will be
joined in celebration by her
proud parents, Jodi and Brian
Tepper, and siblings Jordyn
and Noah. Allie is the lov-
ing grandchild of Joyce and
Michael Levin, Beverly and
Michael Wallace, and Stephen
Tepper and Charyl Apple, and
great-granddaughter of Mary
Blitz.
She is a student at West
Hills Middle School in
Bloomfield Hills. As part of
her mitzvah experience, Allie
volunteered for the Miracle
League Baseball program,
where she was paired one-
on-one with a child with
special needs. She found it
exceptionally rewarding to
help her buddy stay engaged
in the game, help her to bat,
field and have fun.
Jack Philip
Weingarden
became a bar
mitzvah at
Temple Shir
Shalom in West
Bloomfield on Saturday,
Sept. 7, 2019. He is the
son of Marci Weingarden
and Steve Weingarden, and
brother to Ryan and Caitlin.
He is the grandson of Marvin
Weingarden, Addie Philko, and
the late Shirley Weingarden
and Harvey Philko.
Jack is a seventh-grade
student at Warner Middle
School in Farmington Hills.
He has volunteered on the
third floor, visiting residents
with cognitive limitations, at
the Fleishman Center in West
Bloomfield.
HOW TO SUBMIT ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Jewish community. Anniversaries, engagements and weddings
with a photo (preferably color) can appear at a cost of $18
each. Births are $10. There is no charge for bar/bat mitzvahs or
for special birthdays starting at the 90th.
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