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
Mazel Tov! announcements are welcomed for members of the 
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.
For information, contact Editorial Assistant Sy Manello at 
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a mailed or emailed copy of guidelines.

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