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Benjamin Jacob Corin (Reuven Yitzhak), son 
of Michele and Seth Corin of Cumming, Ga., 
will read from the Torah as he becomes a bar 
mitzvah at Congregation Beth Israel on 
Saturday Feb. 19, 2022. Proud grandparents 
are Paula and Melvin Menuck of West 
Bloomfield, and Shiela and Alan Corin of Cumming. He 
is also the grandson of the late Sharon Corin. He will be 
joined in celebration by his sister Natalie Corin.
Benji is a student at Otwell Middle School in 
Cumming. He is fulfilling the mitzvah of remembrance 
with the Daffodil Project, twinning his bar mitzvah with 
Aizik Korin, who perished in the Holocaust in 1942 at 
age 9. 

Loyd-Papenheim
L

isa Shapiro of Farmington 
Hills, with Erich and 
Michele Papenheim of 
Greer, S.C., announce the 
engagement of their daughter 
Sydney Marilynn Papenheim 
to David Adam Loyd, son of 
Jane Moskola of Port Orange, 
Fla., and the late John Loyd.
Sydney is employed at 
Rocket Homes. David is 
employed at Traverse City 
Whiskey Co. 
An October wedding is planned at the Detroit Golf 
Club.

T

he Well received $25,000 in grant 
funds from the Donald R. and Esther 
Simon Foundation to be used for this 
year’s #Friendseder initiative (powered by 
The Well). 
#Friendseder, created in 2019, is 
to Passover what Friendsgiving is to 
Thanksgiving — a chance to gather with 
friends and chosen family leading up to 
the holiday to celebrate in creative and new 
ways. Friendseder aims to empower young 
adults to lead a seder that is authentic and 
relevant to them, integrating new ideas and 
rituals that enhance the experience and demystify the skill set 
of leading the seder, which is often left to older generations. 
Since 2019, Friendseder.com has hosted the #Friendseder 
Haggadah, which is available to download for free, in addition 
to other resources from organizations across the country. 
In 2021, Friendseder took a physical form with the 
#Friendseder Box Experience, with innovative ritual items and 
a custom-designed board game, which is still available for digi-
tal download on Friendseder.com. 

Between the in-person and virtual options, a 
Friendseder experience was held in more than 200 
homes, on three college campuses, and in 20 states 
in the U.S., plus Canada. 
This year, Friendseder is expanding yet 
again, with new partnerships in the works with 
Zingerman’s Delicatessen out of Ann Arbor and 
Mongers’ Provisions in Berkley and Detroit. 
“The Well is a place for inclusive gatherings, 
intentional conversations and innovative pro-
grams, and Friendseder is just one amazing exam-
ple of that,” said Rabbi Jeff Stombaugh, executive 
director of The Well. “I’ve been inspired by the 
concept of Friendseder since I arrived a year and a half ago, 
and I’m so excited at the opportunity the Donald R. and Esther 
Simon Foundation is giving us to elevate this initiative and 
build deeper relationships in this community.” 
More information will be available from The Well at 
meetyouatthewell.org and on Friendseder.com as the Passover 
season approaches. 
For further questions about Friendseder, emails can be sent 
to info@friendseder.com. 

 
The Well Receives $25,000 Grant to Support 
the #Friendseder Initiative

