Moments

34 | NOVEMBER 28 • 2019

Danielle Sara
Nodler of
Huntington Woods
will be called to
the Torah as a bat
mitzvah on
Saturday, Nov. 30, 2019, at
Congregation Beth Shalom.
She is the beloved daughter of
Leslie and Harold Nodler and
the younger sister of Rachel.
Sharing in the celebration will
be her proud grandparents
Linda and Paul Gold of
Bloomfield Hills, and Adele and
Alvin Nodler of Oak Park.
Danielle is a seventh-grade
student at Norup International
School in Oak Park and volun-
teered at Yad Ezra in Berkley
for her mitzvah project.

Jonah Scott
Owen, son of
Wendy Gach-
Lazar and Howard
Lazar, will lead
the congregation
in prayer as he becomes a bar
mitzvah at Temple Israel in
West Bloomfield on Saturday,
Nov. 30, 2019. He will be
joined in celebration by his
siblings Alex, Abby and Avery.
Jonah is the loving grandchild
of Rochelle and Jerry Gach,
and Sema and the late Alton
Lazar, and the great-grand-
child of Nettie and the late
Saul Stein, and the late Lillian
Benkoff.
He is a student at Hillel Day
School of Metropolitan Detroit
in Farmington Hills. Among
his many mitzvah projects,
Jonah found it most mean-
ingful to organize the Rock
Steady/Plank for Parkinson’
s
Competition at Title Boxing
Club, where he also takes
classes.

Lillie Katelyn
Seel and Sophia
Meredith Seel
will share the
bimah at Temple
Israel in West
Bloomfield on
Friday, Nov. 29,
2019, as they lead
the congregation
in prayer on the
occasion of their
b’
not mitzvah.
They will be joined in celebra-
tion by their proud parents,
Debbie and David Seel, and
siblings Jack and Madison.
Lillie and Sophia are the loving
grandchildren of Dr. Phyllis
and the late Dr. Allen Seel, and
Claudia and William Borowski.
They attend Birmingham
Covington School. The girls
performed many mitzvah
projects, but each felt volun-
teering with PeerCorps Detroit
bi-monthly in the city was the
most rewarding. They helped
to build benches, clean up
trash, garden, weed and make
Kibbutz Detropia a better
place.

Shana Cassidy
Wasser of
Farmington Hills
will be called to
the Torah as a bat
mitzvah on
Saturday, Nov. 30, 2019, at
Adat Shalom Synagogue. She
is the daughter of Sara and
Marc Wasser and sister of Ben.
Shana is the granddaughter of
Varda and Paul Wasser,
Shlomo Duben and the late
Shana Duben.
Shana is a student at
Warner Middle School in
Farmington Hills. As one of
her mitzvah projects, Shana
groomed retired horses at
Windmill Farms.

Lillie Seel

Sophia Seel

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