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MAZEL TOV!

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Drew Lyngaas will be
called to the Torah as a
bar mitzvah on Friday,
Nov. 29, 2024, at
Temple Beth El in
Bloomfield Township.
He will be joined in celebration by
his proud parents, Sarah and Brian
Lyngaas, and brother Maxx. He is
the grandson of Andrea and
Richard Ketchel, and Mary-Ellen
and Karl Lyngaas.
Drew is a seventh-grader at
Birmingham Covington School.

Emily Marissa Rodnick,
daughter of Amy and
Dr. Adam Rodnick, will
lead the congregation
in prayer as a bat mitz-
vah at Temple Israel in
West Bloomfield on Saturday, Nov.
30, 2024. She will be joined in cel-
ebration by her sister Jillian. Emily
is the loving grandchild of Toni
and Corey Rodnick, and Judy and
David Zimmerman.
She is a student at South Hills

Middle School in Bloomfield Hills.
Emily’s most meaningful mitzvah
project was volunteering at the 8th
Count Dance Studio’s “A Chance to
Dance” program; an initiative aimed
at creating an inclusive dance envi-
ronment for children and adults with
special needs.

Joshua Weinstock
(Eliazar Yehoshua) of
Huntington Woods
became a bar mitzvah
at Adat Shalom
Synagogue in
Farmington Hills on Saturday, Nov.
23, 2024. He is the son of Michael
Weinstock and Carly Weinstock
and brother of Marlee Weinstock.
Proud grandparents are Gail and
Steve Elkus, Kathy and Stuart
Weinstock, Gayle Infeld, and Kathy
and Mark Leipsitz.
Joshua attends Norup
International School in Oak Park.
For his mitzvah project, Joshua
plans to do fundraising to send
kids to Tamarack Camp.

Barth-Cottrell
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ivka Barth and Jonathan
Cottrell were married
recently at Beth Sholom
Congregation in Potomac, Md.
Rabbi Dovid Rosenbaum of Young
Israel Shomrai Emunah of Greater
Washington officiated.
Rivka is the daughter of Adina
and David Barth of Oak Park;
Jonathan is the son of Art and
Peggy Cottrell of Teaneck, N.J.
Rivka and Jonathan are residing
in Silver Spring, Md.

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