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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