B'nai Mitzva of 2005
Natan Magnus
April 2, 2005
Natan Judah Kohn-Magnus is the son of Roger S. Kohn and Shulamit Magnus.
Natan is in seventh grade at Gross Schechter Day School, where his favorite subjects are Hebrew, math, science, and language arts, and where he serves on the Student Council. His favorite hobbies are baseball, reading, and playing xbox. He loves his three cats (and they love him). He was born in Palo Alto, California and loves going back there to visit family and friends and enjoy the wild beauty of Pt. Reyes. He has loved studying Mishnah and his parsha with Rabbi Adler in preparation for his bar mitzvah, which he looks forward to sharing with family and friends from as far as Israel, France, the East Coast, and California.
Sophie Shiloh
July 2, 2005
Who is Sophie Ness Shiloh? Sophie is a unique, beautiful, and spirited young woman who loves making jewelry, sleep-overs, being vegetarian, music, animals, Judaism, babies, beaches, science, her family, Israel, gems and minerals, anatomy/physiology/biology, helping others, art, swimming, holidays, being with her friends, Hashem, learning new things, chocolate, facing and overcoming challenges, lashon hatov, Ikea, traveling, rock climbing, canoeing, horseback riding and jumping, reading, going to the movies, creativity, and the Jewish People and our Traditions.
In a beautiful act of synchronicity and kavannah, Sophie's love of horses, vegetarianism, and jewelry making have all come together for her Bat Mitzvah Tzedakah Project. Sophie is using her talents and energy to support the farm animal rescue and refuge, Happy Trails Farm Animal Rescue, Inc. in Ravenna, Ohio.
Happy Trails rescues abused and unwanted farm animals, including horses, cows, sheep, goats, pigs, chickens, geese, ducks, etc. (Th ey even go to horse auctions and try to outbid the slaughterhouses on horses that they believe have a good chance for rescue and adoption.) Th e animals receive excellent medical care, they are retrained and rehabilitated, and are adopted out to new and loving homes. In order to raise awareness about the plight of these animals, Sophie has developed beautiful, peacock pearled bracelets with horse charms on them as gifts for her Bat Mitzvah guests. Th ese bracelets will also be available for purchase (after Saturday) for a suggested donation of $3.00 each (or the donation amount of your choice) and the proceeds will be donated to Happy Trails. We only have a limited number of Sophie's custom-made bracelets available; so don't miss your chance to help Sophie perform this act of Tikkun Olam, and raise as much money as possible for the rescue of these wonderful, loving animals!
Noah Schmitt
October 15, 2005
Noah Natan Schmitt will become Bar Mitzvah on October 15, 2005. Noah is a seventh grade honor student at Brady Middle School in Orange. He enjoys music, especially rock and roll, and is studying the guitar. He also plays cello. In fact, for his mitzvah project, he performed on the cello for residents of Montefi ore. At Camp Ramah, Noah was known to his friends as "DJ Schmitty" for his role as radio host. He has a great sense of humor, and a funky fashion sense. Noah is, by nature, theatrical. Other interests include cooking and playing football. Noah attends Cleveland Hebrew Schools, from which he will graduate this spring. He lives with his two brothers, Levi and Gabriel, his parents, and his dog, Cookie.