26 | SEPTEMBER 10 • 2020 

Moments

Benjamin Bak of 
West Bloomfield 
(Binyamin Zohar) 
became a bar 
mitzvah at Adat 
Shalom 
Synagogue in Farmington Hills 
on Sept. 7, 2020. Parents Erica 
Bak and Phil Bak; siblings 
Nathan (11) and Ella (7); grand-
parents Janice and Loren Young, 
Mike and Mary Ellen Davis, and 
Hertzie and Lolly Bak celebrated 
the simchah. 
Benjy attends West Hills 
Middle School in Bloomfield 
Hills. He chose Yad Ezra in 
Berkley for his mitzvah project, 
making weekly food deliveries 
to clients and donating food. 

Trudy Leigh 
Gechter will chant 
from the Torah as 
she becomes a bat 
mitzvah at Temple 
Israel in West 
Bloomfield on Saturday, Sept. 
12, 2020. She will be joined in 
celebration by her proud 
parents, Merrily and Kenneth 
Gechter, and brother Evrett. 
Trudy is the loving grandchild of 
Sharie and Al Gladner, and Zelda 
and the late Lawrence Gechter. 
She is a student at Royal Oak 
Middle School. Among her many 
mitzvah projects, Trudy found 
it most meaningful to organize 
a donation drive for the Catfé 
Lounge, part of the Ferndale Cat 
Shelter. 

Sloane Lily Jaffe, 
daughter of Hallie 
and Ryan Jaffe, will 
become a bat 
mitzvah at Temple 
Israel in West 
Bloomfield on Friday, Sept. 11, 
2020. She will be joined in cele-
bration by her sister Brooke and 
her proud grandparents Leah 
and Jeffrey Fox, and Ellen and 
Michael Jaffe. 
Sloane attends West Hills 
Middle School in Bloomfield 
Hills. Among her many mitzvah 
projects, she found it most 
meaningful to collect clothing 
and personal items for donation 
to abused women and their 
children that seek a safe shelter 
at the Haven in Oakland County.

Eve Neumann 
Kutinsky will lead 
the service and 
chant from the 
Torah as she cele-
brates her bat 
mitzvah at Temple Shir Shalom 
in West Bloomfield on Saturday, 
Sept. 12, 2020. She will be 
joined in celebration by her 
proud parents, Michael Neumann 
and Brian Kutinsky, along with 
her siblings Ari and Leah. She is 
the loving granddaughter of 
Brenda Neumann and the late 
LeRoy Neumann, Donna Kutinsky 
and the late Leslie Kutinsky. 
Eve attends Berkshire Middle 
School in Beverly Hills. As part 
of her mitzvah project, she 
raised money for the World 
Wildlife Foundation. 
 

Brandon Ezra 
Levine was called 
to the Torah and 
lead the congrega-
tion in prayer as he 
became a bar 
mitzvah at Temple Israel in West 
Bloomfield on Monday, Sept. 7, 
2020. He was joined in celebra-
tion by his proud parents, Shayna 
and Josh Levine, and his sisters 
Marni, Cailey and Mia. Brandon 
is the loving grandchild of Susan 
and Rabbi Harold Loss, and 
Berna and Noah Levine. 
He is a student at Hillel Day 
School of Metropolitan Detroit 
in Farmington Hills. As part of 
his mitzvah project, Brandon 
organized a basketball challenge 
to raise money for the Friendship 
Circle in West Bloomfield.

Preston Harley 
Lumberg, son of 
Amy and Adam 
Lumberg and 
brother of 
Harrison, chanted 
from the Torah on the occasion 
for his bar mitzvah at Temple 
Israel in West Bloomfield on 
Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020. He is 
the loving grandchild of Pam 
and Gene Lumberg, and the 
late Vivian and Heinz 
Seiferheld; and great-grand-
child of the late Helen and Dr. 
Phillip Sherman, and the late 
Marian and Howard Guttman. 
Preston is a student at 
West Hills Middle School in 
Bloomfield Hills. For his most 
meaningful mitzvah project, 
he takes part yearly in the 
LUNGevity Walk – Breathe 
Deep Event. This walk series 
is the nation’
s largest network 
of local events for lung cancer 
fundraising and awareness. 

Carly Frances 
Orman, daughter 
of Robin and Peter 
Orman, will lead 
the congregation 
in prayer as she 
becomes a bat mitzvah at 
Temple Israel in West 
Bloomfield on Saturday, Sept. 
12, 2020. She will be joined in 
celebration by her brother 
Aiden. Carly is the loving 
grandchild of Alan and the late 
Susan Bolton, and Ceci Stone 
and the great-granddaughter of 
the late Juanita Victor. 
She is a student at West Hills 
Middle School in Bloomfield 
Hills. As part of her mitzvah 
project, Carly, who cares deeply 
for animals, baked and sold 
cookies, donating all proceeds 
to the Humane Society. 

Danielle Ashleigh 
Sandler, daughter 
of Brook and Dr. 
Fredric Sandler, 
will read from the 
Torah as she 
becomes a bat mitzvah on 
Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020, at 
Temple Israel in West 
Bloomfield. She will be joined 
in celebration by her siblings 
Samantha, Morgan and 
Brandon. Danielle is the loving 
grandchild of Bernice “Elaine” 
Ackerman, Andrea and Stan 
Bank, and the late Rubin 
Sandler. 
She attends Hillside Middle 
School in Northville. As part of 
her mitzvah project experience, 
Danielle raised funds for 
donation to both the American 
Cancer Society and the 
American Diabetes Association. 

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