OCTOBER 8 • 2020 | 13 continued on page 14 team. Jonah’ s true passion is music. He plays the piano and cello and compos- es classical music as well. He earned a scholarship to attend Interlochen, where he is majoring in music compo- sition and continuing his study of piano and cello as well as more traditional academic studies. While at home, Jonah studies composition with a graduate student from U-M, takes weekly pri- vate lessons on both of his instruments and plays the cello in both his school orchestra and the Detroit Metropolitan Youth Symphony Orchestra. Jonah has also participated in summer composition programs at Interlochen and the Curtis Institute of Music. He has had several of his origi- nal works performed and recorded and has won several competitions for young composers. While home, Jonah also participates in Monday night school at Temple Israel and serves as one of the Madrichim each Sunday. MORGAN COOK Morgan, 16, of West Bloomfield is a junior at the International Academy and a member of Temple Shir Shalom, where she belongs to SSTY. Morgan is not the kind of student that cares about what the “cool kids” are doing, she just cares about what the right thing to do is, say the leaders at Shir Shalom. “She is accepting of every- one that crosses her path and, although she can be soft spoken, it is because she is a deep thinker,” they note. Morgan not only worked hard to go to International Academy but pushes the boundaries of her sched- ule by involvement with Biff Radio at Bloomfield Hills High School and the International Academy News. She is on the Jewish Federation Teen Board and is the social action vice president of SSTY. She is a writer for her school news- paper, and she still finds time to pursue music, playing piano competitively for the MSBOA solo and ensemble, the Federation Competition at Schoolcraft College and the American Guild of Music Regional Festival. ELISHA COOPER Elisha, 18, of West Bloomfield, graduated from Frankel Jewish Academy this year. She is a member of Adat Shalom Synagogue. At FJA, Elisha was involved in the National Honor Society, was the captain of both the Girls Varsity Soccer and Girls Varsity Basketball teams and founded the Girls Basketball Club. She was chosen by the head of the science department to be his lab assistant and a stu- dent chemistry tutor. Elisha also coordinat- ed a school-wide fundraiser for the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, an organization that supports a cause that is very important to her personally. Last year, she spent her summer intern- ing for FRIENDS of Jewish Senior Life and was later chosen by FJA as one of the eight high school students to present at the Eight Over Eighty event at Jewish Senior Life. She also attended the RoboTraffic competition at the Technion in Israel last year with the FJA Robotics Team, winning first place for her and a fellow student’ s design of a fuel injector, which the judges deemed “profes- sional quality. ” Outside of school, Elisha is a technology tutor, helping an elderly couple with any technology questions they may have. She was the vice president of the Teen Volunteer Corps at Adat Shalom Synagogue, as well as an event chairperson for Tech Connect at Adat Shalom and a three-year Madricha. She was also a two-year Teen Board Member for the Jewish Fund and a Because We Care Fellowship Board Member with Jewish Family Service. She was also a two- year member of the JSERVE Teen Board and a recent first-place winner of the National Council of Jewish Women essay scholarship competition. ALYSSA DISKIN Alyssa, 18, of Commerce Township recently grad- uated from Walled Lake Northern High School. Since she was in the eighth grade, she has been a Madricha (teen teacher assistant) at the Adat Shalom-Beth Achim Learning Community. She is passionate about help- ing kids with special needs learn Hebrew and actively participate in the community. In addition to actively participating in Madrichim trainings, she has participated in the JCC Opening the Doors communi- ty-wide Madrichim Leadership Training program since eighth grade. She is always willing to help others and solve problems and is passionate about being Jewish and nurturing Jewish kids’ identities. Because of her experiences at Adat Shalom and through the Opening the Doors program, she is now majoring in education with a focus on special educa- tion at Eastern Michigan University. MICAH EIZEN Micah, 18, of Southfield, graduated this past June from Farber Hebrew Day School. With his family, Micah is a member of Young Israel of Oak Park, as well as being an active member of NCSY and B’ nei Akiva. Last summer, he worked at Camp Stone assisting in daily operations and general maintenance. Last year, he served as the regional vice president for Central East NCSY while also serving as the president of the Detroit Executive Board. At Farber, he was the president of the student government and a former grade representative. Micah participated in Model U.N. for multiple years, even serv- ing as the captain during his senior year, and represented the school at the annual AIPAC policy conference. Additionally, he was editor-in-chief of the school year- book and team captain of the varsity bas- ketball team. He was the commissioner for two years of the David Tanzman Memorial Tournament, a varsity basketball tourna- ment that honors the legacy of a founding member of Yeshivat Akiva-Farber HDS, David Tanzman. The annual tournament was initially started by his brother, Ari, three years ago with four teams. Micah has since expanded the tournament to a total of six teams this past year. Micah is a true leader and has been devoted to making a difference as a com- munity leader. Throughout high school, Micah was extremely active in NCSY as a youth leader who works hard to help other teens see the beauty in Judaism and