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MAZEL TOV!
Libby Shaye
Brown will
become a bat
mitzvah at a
private service,
led by Rabbi
Jason Miller, on Friday, May
24, 2024. She will be
joined in celebration by her
proud parents, Hope and
Jason Brown, and her older
sister, Eliza. Libby is the
beloved granddaughter of
Haven and Dennis King,
Barbie and Mark Edwards,
and Allen Brown.
Libby is a student at
Berkshire Middle School
in Beverly Hills. For her
mitzvah project, Libby has
volunteered weekend
hours over the past
months, assisting clients
at Yad Ezra in Berkley,
distributing kosher food to
vulnerable members of the
local Jewish community,
including those who did
not have the necessary
resources this Passover.
Eve Lewis,
daughter of Erin
and Aaron Lewis
and big sister to
Roen, will be
called to the
Torah as a bat mitzvah at
Temple Beth El in
Bloomfield Township on
Saturday, May 25, 2024.
She attends Derby Middle
School in Birmingham.
Eve’s mitzvah project
will support the Dignity
Grows Organization, which
provides essential supplies
for women in need.
Trevor Shapiro,
son of Brenda
and Adam
Shapiro, will lead
the congregation
in prayer as a
bar mitzvah at Temple
Israel in West Bloomfield
on Friday, May 24, 2024.
He will be joined in
celebration by his sister
Riley and brother Reed.
Trevor is the loving
grandchild of Evelyn and
James Miller, and Paula and
Michael Shapiro.
He is a student at South
Hills Middle School in
Bloomfield Hills. Trevor’s
most meaningful mitzvah
project was creating a
hat company, “themhats,”
and donating a portion of
the proceeds to support
those affected by Crohn’s
disease.
Emeri Sherman
Charlip (Miriam
Simcha) of West
Bloomfield will
become a bat
mitzvah at
Temple Kol Ami in West
Bloomfield on Saturday,
May 24, 2024. Her parents
are Jill Sherman Marx and
Joshua Charlip. Emeri is the
sister of Chase and Abigail,
Jade, Landon and Emily,
and Isaac. Emeri is the
granddaughter of Barbara
Sherman and the late
Sheldon Sherman, the late
Eliot and Sheila Charlip.
Emeri is a student at Hillel
Day School of Metropolitan
Detroit in Farmington
Hills. Her mitzvah project
involved donating 100
insulated water bottles to
homeless shelters.
Savannah
Somers (Adina
Gavriela) of
Farmington Hills
will become a
bat mitzvah on
May 25, 2024, at Adat
Shalom Synagogue in
Farmington Hills. She is the
daughter of Sherri Gerber-
Somers and David Somers.
Her proud grandparents
are Joyce and Steve
Gerber, Sandy Somers and
Ron Somers.
Savannah is a student at
Warner Middle School in
Farmington Hills. Among
her various mitzvah
volunteer activities,
she thought her most
meaningful one was
helping human trafficking
survivors at Sanctum
House.
Samuel Elliot
Weiss, son of
Amy and Kevin
Weiss, will be
called to the
Torah as a bar
mitzvah at Temple Israel in
West Bloomfield on
Saturday, May 25, 2024. He
will be joined in celebration
by his sisters, Eliana and
Gwendolyn. Samuel is the
loving grandchild of Andria
and Mark Weiss, and Janice
and Barry Kelman. He is the
adoring great-grandchild of
Mark Hechler, the late Rose
Hechler and the late Betty
Weiss.
He is a student at Norup
International School in
Oak Park. Samuel’s most
meaningful mitzvah project
was organizing a lemonade
stand and collecting
donations and needed
items for the Detroit Dog
Rescue.
Asher Isaac
Zekman of
Bloomfield Hills
will become a
bar mitzvah at
Congregation
Shaarey Zedek on
Saturday, May 25, 2024.
Proud are parents, Drs.
Esther and Richard
Zekman, and brothers,
Aaron and Jonah. Proud
grandparents include Irma
and Mel Weiss of Afula,
Israel, Steven Polevoy of
Santa Fe, N.M., and Scotti
McCarthy of Arvada, Colo.
He is also the grandson of
the late Robert Zekman.
Asher attends Hillel Day
School of Metropolitan
Detroit in Farmington Hills.
His mitzvah project was
delivering food through Yad
Ezra in Berkley.
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