24 | MARCH 5 • 2020 

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. 

Moments

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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
TERRIFIC TEENS!

To nominate yourself or a teen you know, go to 

thejewishnews.com and click on the Rising Stars button or to

https://jfamily.jccdet.org/rising-stars. The deadline is March 8.