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Aiden Leo Binder
(Anchil Leib) of
Farmington Hills,
will become a bar
mitzvah at Temple
Shir Shalom in
West Bloomfield on Saturday,
March 7, 2020. He is the son of
Amy and Jonathan Binder,
grandson of Susan and Dr. Barry
Winker, Patricia Binder and the
late Albert Binder.
Aiden attends Warner Middle
School in Farmington Hills. His
mitzvah project was to work as
a teacher’
s aide at Shir Shalom’
s
Sunday school.
Eliza Grace
Brown, daughter
of Hope and Jason
Brown of Beverly
Hills, will become a
bat mitzvah at
Aish Detroit in Oak Park on
Friday, March 6, 2020. She will
be joined in celebration by her
sister, Libby, and proud grand-
parents, Haven and Dennis King,
Barbara and Mark Edwards, and
Allen Brown, along with friends
and family traveling from around
the country and around the
globe.
Eliza is a student at Berkshire
Middle School in Beverly Hills.
For her mitzvah project, in
connection with her haftorah
portion from the Book of Esther,
Eliza assembled and will present
shalach manos (Purim baskets)
to residents at Jewish Senior
Life in West Bloomfield.
Jacob Layne
Tennenhouse was
called to the Torah
as a bar mitzvah on
Saturday, Feb. 22,
2020, at Adat
Shalom Synagogue in
Farmington Hills. Jacob is the son
of Nicole and Mark Tennenhouse
and brother of Nathan. He is the
grandson of Erwin and Judy
Rubenstein, and Lenore and the
late Jerry Tennenhouse.
Jacob is a student at Larson
Middle School in Troy. For his
most meaningful mitzvah project,
he created artwork with inspira-
tional messages, which are now
a permanent part of the CarePax
packages assembled and dis-
tributed to the homeless by Song
and Spirit Institute for Peace.
Talia Drew
Wittenberg,
daughter of Staci
and the Hon. Jamie
Wittenberg, will be
called to the Torah
on the occasion of her bat mitz-
vah at Temple Israel in West
Bloomfield on Saturday, March 7,
2020. She will be joined in cele-
bration by her sisters Arielle,
Brooke and Maya, and loving
grandparents Joni and Stephen
Redisch, Howard Wittenberg and
Mollie Wittenberg.
Talia is a student at Anderson
Middle School in Berkley. Among
her many mitzvah projects, she
found volunteering at Yad Ezra in
Berkley, to help those less fortu-
nate, to be the most meaningful.
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To shine the public spotlight on young people in our
community, the JN, Jfamily and the Youth Professionals
Network created Rising Stars: Teens Making a Difference, a
showcase that will highlight 18 remarkable Jewish teens in
the Metro Detroit area. Those selected will be featured in
the April 30 issue of the JN and will also be recognized on
the JN, JCC and Jfamily social media pages.
Nominees must live in Michigan, identify as Jewish and be
students in grades 9-12; they can be self-nominated or may
be nominated by others today through March 8.
Nominees should be recognized for impact, contribution
and/ or achievement in areas including (but not limited) to:
SEEKING
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https://jfamily.jccdet.org/rising-stars. The deadline is March 8.