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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