Moments
44 | DECEMBER 12 • 2019
Erin Rose
Biederman
(Shoshana
Netanya) of
Franklin will be
called to the Torah
as a bat mitzvah on Saturday,
Dec. 14, 2019, at Adat Shalom
Synagogue in Farmington Hills.
She will celebrate with her
proud parents, Dr. Jason
Biederman and Dr. Maria Pacis-
Biederman, and siblings Ethan
and Elyssa Biederman. She is
the granddaughter of Dr.
Michael and Mrs. Sheri
Biederman of Farmington Hills,
and Mr. Arnold and Dr. Virginia
Pacis of Orchard Lake.
Erin is a seventh-grader
at Berkshire Middle School
in Beverly Hills and enjoyed
participating in PeerCorps
Detroit for her bat mitzvah
project.
Jake Nathan
Desmon, son of
Beth and Michael
Desmon, will chant
from the Torah on
the occasion of his
bar mitzvah at Temple Israel in
West Bloomfield on Friday, Dec.
13, 2019. He will be joined in
celebration by his sister Sammi
and proud grandparents Fran
Nagle, Jack Halifi, Kerry Nagle,
and Lori and Michael Desmon.
He attends the Roeper School
in Birmingham. For his most
meaningful mitzvah project,
Jake collected donations and
volunteered at the Oakland
County Foster Closet. Through
his efforts, hundreds of foster
kids received backpacks filled
with school supplies and
clothing needed to start the
school year.
Avi Gabriel
Meltser, son of
Rachel Brown and
Steven Meltser,
will be called to
the Torah as a bar
mitzvah at Congregation B’
nai
Moshe on Saturday, Dec. 14,
2019. Sharing in the joy with
Avi and his parents will be his
sister Hannah, grandparents
Susan and O. William Brown,
Mila and Gregory Meltser, and
his great-grandparents Eli
Brown and Fay Steinberger. Avi
is also the great-grandson of
the late Estelle Brown and the
late William Steinberger.
Avi is a student at Warner
Middle School in Farmington
Hills. He has enjoyed
volunteering at Yad Ezra in
Berkley for his mitzvah project
and looks forward to continuing
this community service.
C
indy Atler and Murray
Sittsamer were married
recently in an intimate
ceremony.
The couple were surrounded by
their children, Ally and Lexi Atler, and
Lexie and Eden Sittsamer; Cindy’
s
mother, Barrie Chaffkin; and the
couple’
s siblings and significant
others. Rabbis Rachel Lawson Shere
and Elliot Pachter officiated.
Atler – Sittsamer
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