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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