Now early into its second half century, Temple Micah is mature enough to have multiple-generation families among the membership. As the Granof family observed life cycle milestones Micah was there to help celebrate or mourn.
As a young married couple, Helene and Gene Granof joined the temple in 1967. (Helene had grown up at Temple Sinai in Northwest Washington. Its rabbi then, Eugene Lipman, married them in 1966 and, upon learning they were living in Southwest, suggested they look into joining a new Reform congregation that had recently formed there. They did and they’re still very active members.)
Over the next six years, the Granofs had three children, Gail, Daniel and Julie, all of whom were named at Temple Micah. Gail was called to the Torah for her bat mitzvah in 1982 and Julie in 1986. Daniel’s bar mitzvah in 1983 was the first one Rabbi Daniel G. Zemel officiated over at Temple Micah.
The kids grew up. Gail married Seth Warner on May 16, 1999. Their oldest child, Jana Warner celebrated her bat mitzvah at Micah in 2014 followed by son Drew in 2016. They have one more to go, their younger daughter, Mara.
Meanwhile, Gene’s parents, David H. and Diana Granof, are buried in Temple Micah’s cemetery.
The Cycle Begins – Birth
In 1966, three years after the congregation was formed, the temple’s first baby was born–Mila Roschwalb, the daughter of Susan and Jerry Roschwalb. She was the only baby born that year, followed by another single birth, of Jeremiah Cohen, in 1967. During the 1970s and early 1980s, the temple’s population began to take off and so did the births, often reaching eight to ten new baby Micah-ites a year. Membership sagged in the late-1980s and 1990s and so did the number of births, dropping to six or seven a year. With the new millennium, membership soared, but interestingly births continued to decline (probably related to economics and demographics). For example, only four Micah babies entered the world in 2016.
Here are the names of the Micah babies and their parents that we know about. (Please tell us about others that we’ve missed.)
Births, 1966-1981 (scrolls vertically)
Year | Child’s name | Parents’ names |
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1966 | Mila Roschwalb | Susan and Jerry |
1967 | Jeremiah Cohen | M/M Fritzi |
1968 | Elain Buckberg | M/M Albert |
Julian Gross | M/M George | |
Andrew Siegel | Margie and Richard | |
Laura Stern | M/M Richard | |
Adam Forster | Lois and Norman | |
Joanna Rein | M/M Bert | |
1969 | Daniel Kaplan | Ellen and Bob |
Bonnie Amdur | Suzanne and James | |
Gail Granof | Helene and Gene | |
Robbin Lifset | Adair and Elliot | |
(Boy) Diness | M/M Arthur | |
Catherine Sky | Vera and Ted | |
1970 | Arik Miller | M/M John |
Daniel Granof | Helene and Gene | |
Jenifer Marks | Marcia and Herbert | |
Michelle Elisburg | Nancy and Don | |
1971 | Stacy Sherwat | Bev and Harlan |
Jonathan Cohen | Marla and Vic | |
Kimberly Kent | M/M Dick | |
(Boy) | Bert? | |
(Boy) Freeman | Carol and Arthur | |
Amy Sheren | Peggy and Andrew | |
1972 | Melissa Booth | Elka and Sid |
Heidi Forster | Lois and Norman | |
Allison Dinsmore | M/M David | |
Daniel Spector | M/M Jules | |
Jacob Asher | Lucy and David | |
Stephen Bander | JoAnne and Michael | |
Aaron Wilson | Carole and David | |
Michael Silbey | Irene and Frank | |
Joshua Landsburg | Dorothy and Brian | |
Aaron Hohenstein | Nancy and Jeff | |
1973 | David Sweet | Judy and Dick |
Jason Libby | Denise and Howard | |
Julie Granof | Helene and Gene | |
Adam Riggs | Leslie and Bob | |
(Girl) Marks | Marcia and Herbert | |
1974 | David Beerman | Ann and Bernard |
(Boy) Cohen | Barbara and Howard | |
(Girl) Siegel | Margie and Dick | |
Fredric Kovey | Myra and Mark | |
1975 | Rachel Green | Bernice and Michael |
Rena Levin | Amy and Stan | |
James Leisch | Nancy and Greg | |
Paul Daniel | Carol and Darden | |
Jonathan Wilson | Carol and David | |
1976 | Kelley Ratner | Ann and Dennis |
Seth Forster | Lois and Norman | |
Amy Parker | Debbie and Jim | |
Rachel Carr | Nancy and Robert | |
Deborah Hirschman | Carole and John | |
Gregory Schwartz | Lois and Jim | |
Aubrey Fox | Pat and Sam | |
Mark Sweet | Judy and Dick | |
Aaron Kapner | Carolyn and Mark | |
1977 | Lisa Mahle | Mary and Chris |
Janna Bernstein | Marsha and Seth | |
Rachel Goren | Roberta and Mort | |
Jennifer Beerman | Anne and Bernard | |
Abigail Kovey | Myra and Mark | |
Jacob Noble | Doris and Daniel | |
Jason and Sarah Riggs | Leslie and Bob | |
Alexander Sacerdotti | Wendy and Emilio | |
1978 | Naomi Katz | Phyllis and Victor |
Jessica Cooper | Carol and Jerry | |
Joseph Levin | Amy and Stanford | |
(Baby) | Schwartz ??? | |
Eli Asher | Lucy and David | |
1979 | Marea Pariser | Debbi and David |
Scott Frankel | Laurie and Michael | |
(Boy) Weiner | Susan and Ed | |
(Girl) Freeman | Carol and Arthur | |
(Girl) Carr | Nancy and Robert | |
Sarah From | Ginger and Al | |
Benjamin Geldon | Marjorie and Gilbert | |
Elizabeth Rosendorf | Lauren Kahn and Don | |
1980 | Sara Goltz | Cathy and Albert |
Charles Mahle | Mary and Chris | |
Hannah Bloom | Darryl and Barney | |
Aaron Catz | Susan Chalker and Bob | |
1981 | Joseph and Benjamin Hatton | Gail and John |
Tammavong Duoangdara | Thongma Lam (Laotian refugee family) | |
Andrew Rosendorf | Lauren Kahn and Don |
Births, 1982 – 1993
Year | Child's Names | Parents' Names |
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1982 | Michael Huddleson | Andra Bassi and Edwin III |
Leah Rinaldi | Karen Zizmor and Bruce | |
Devra Lobel | Geralyn and Martin | |
Aryeh Levy | Roberta and Barry | |
Jason Cook | Frances and Michael | |
Brenda Bailes | Pearl and Joel | |
1983 | Sarah Feldman | Debbie and Bill |
Abby Trachtman | Lisa and Richard | |
Elizabeth Gayor | Elaine Falender and Gordon | |
David Grossman | Donna and Ed | |
1984 | David Weiner | Ellen and Lee |
Ariel Nachtigal | Liesel Flashenberg and Daniel | |
Samantha Cook | Frances and Michael | |
Miriam Grotte | Margaret and Jeff | |
1986 | Shira Zemel | Louise and Danny |
1988 | Eli Blum | Kate Kiggins and Jared |
1989 | Elizabeth Hadley | Judy and Jack |
Adam Zemel | Louise and Danny | |
More 80s to come | ||
1990 | Jacob Shapiro | Robin and Charles |
Benjamin Cohen | Barbara Klestzick and Lewis | |
Carly Weinstein | Phyllis Kayten and Steve | |
1991 | Rebecca Cohen | Babbette and John |
Max Faytell (march) | ??? | |
Simca Hadley | Judy and Jack | |
Jesse Shields | Barbara Camens and Peter | |
Gideon Bender | Linda Rotunno and Philip | |
Benjamin Liroff | Sylvia and Richard | |
Ronit Zemel | Louise and Daniel | |
Nathaniel Berwig (ck sept) | Melanie and Matthew | |
Eliot Reiniger | Arlene and Pete | |
1992 | Ronit Zemel | Louise and Daniel |
1993 | David Morris | Ina and Giles |
Joshua Kahn | JoAnn Willis and Chip |
Births, 1994 – 2016
Year | Child’s name | Parents’ names |
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1994 | Maya Grossman | Sharon (Vinick) and Arie |
Jacob Rosenberg | Jennifer (Gruber) and Eric | |
Joshua Shields | Barbara (Camens) and Peter | |
Eve Barnett | Iris and Philip | |
Katya Barrett | Sarah (Walzer) and John | |
1995 | Joanna Goldstein | Anita (Kramer) and Ken |
Adam Liroff | Sylvia and Richard | |
Isaac Futrovsky | Yael (Traum) and Lee | |
(4 months missing) | ||
1996 | Claire McBride | Catherine and John |
Zachary Lief Paul | Louise (Lief) and Angus | |
Jacob Zeiss | Kimberly and Gary | |
Emily Ustun | Carrie and Jonathan | |
Hayden Lipczenko | Dimitri | |
Jeremy Koob | Lisa (Goldberg) and Stephen | |
Ruben Pansegrouw | Lisa and David | |
Gideon Blum | Kate (Kiggins) and Jared | |
1997 | Julia Harris | Monika and Ken |
Alexandra Shapiro | Monica (Miller) and Richard | |
Alia Schechter | Rosa (Puech) and Peter | |
1998 | Gabrielle O’Brien | Lynn (Christensen) and Michael |
Theodore Rutberg | Sharon and Brian | |
Zachary Kahn | JoAnne (Willis) and Chip | |
Elizabeth Zetlin | Leda (Gottlieb) and Ed | |
Sarah Goldberg | Kirsten and Paul | |
1999 | Sophie Futrovsky | Yael (Traum) and Lee |
Sarah Richardson | Rayna and David | |
Anna Ustum | Carrie and Jonathan | |
Celia Hoffman | Ellen and Matthew | |
Leah Moyer | Ellen and Don | |
Marina Schechter | Rosa (Puech) and Peter | |
Theodore Shoag | Elizabeth (Urfer) and Michael | |
2000 | Samuel Blumenfeld | Liz and Lane |
Natanya Rosen | Amy and Daniel | |
Sara Carleton | Rita and Gary | |
Jacob Richardson | Rayna and David | |
2001 | Ruby Tucker | Karen (Mark) and A.M. |
Samara Callender | Amy | |
Rebecca Shapiro | Monica (Miller) and Robert | |
Maxwell Robinson | Hadley and Dan | |
Linat Westreich | Galeet (Ben Zion) and Jonathan | |
Micah Foutz | Melissa and Matthew | |
Zara Edley | Maria (Echaveste) and Christopher | |
Isabel Hoffman | Ellen and Matt | |
2002 | Alexander Shoag | Elizabeth (Urfer) and Michael |
Benjamin Moran | Heather and Sean | |
Adam Richardson | Rayna and David | |
Joshua and Rebecca Longo | Allison (Bauer) and Marie | |
Mara Lurie | Dorian (Friedman) and Sander | |
2003 | Andrew Warner | Gail and Seth |
Jake Beland | Debra and Justin | |
Shirite Westreich | Galeet (Ben Zion) and Jonathan | |
Zachary Blumenfeld | Liz and Lane | |
2004 | Gabriel Brumberg | Laurie and Daniel |
Ryan Seidman | Jocelyn (Guyer) and Josh | |
Caleb Savoie | Lindsey and Brian | |
Jordan Scherr | Rachel and Dale (Hadley) | |
2005 | Abigail ? | Debra and Justin |
Lucia Paul | Naomi (Mezey) and Matthew | |
2006 | Hannah Kaufmann | Claire (Grusin) and Roy |
2007 | Eli Gale | Lori and Scott |
Andrew Eber | Julie and Michael | |
Eli Helin | Sarah (Puro) and Amanda | |
2008 | Eleanor (Nora) Schneider | Rham (Campbell) and David |
Davi Keynes-Levinson | Renana and John | |
Celia Anbinder | Lisa and Tyler | |
Noah Make | Courtney (Schlisserman) and Jonathan | |
Miles Narva | Yolanda (Savage) and Andy | |
Avery Cooper | Debbie and Bob | |
2009 | Jonah Moran | Heather and Sean |
2010 | Elijah Hillman Barber | Ira (Hillman) and Jeremy (Barber) |
Micah Pizer | Anne (Rothbaum) and Billy | |
2011 | Ari Gant | Esther (Lederman) and Scott |
Jonah King | Dana (Bash) and John | |
Ethan Sherry | Marisha and John | |
Avery Hillman Barber | Ira (Hillman) and Jeremy (Barbr) | |
2012 | Julia Seidman | Jocelyn (Guyer) and Josh |
2013 | Benjamin Leroy | Rebecca (Claster) and Stephen |
Olivia and Dani Levenson | Judy | |
Talia Houser | Deborah (Srabstein) and Ari | |
Rachel Kirsh | Maggie and Russell | |
Stella Boegler Altman | Jerry Boegler and Brian Altman | |
Shoshana Raya | Ammira and Anthony | |
2014 | Maya Beraha | Nani and Josh |
Ilana Berger | Fatema (Salam) and Michael | |
Cora McClure | Emily (Warheit) and Marion | |
Bennett Sherry | Marisha (Goldhamer) and John | |
Nathan Westreich | Grace (Mitchell) and Jonathan | |
2015 | Adele Saxe | Karen and Wayne |
Darwin Seifert | Nichole and Jed | |
Sadie Kalman | Caralyn (Spector) and Allen | |
Jonathan Kirsh | Maggie and Russell | |
Lily Beraha | Nani and Josh | |
2016 | Miriam Leroy | Rebecca (Claster) and Stephen |
Rebekah Karabell | Annie and Jacob | |
Theo Smith | Katelyn and Joshua | |
Eliza Murray | Kerry (Susser) and Michael |
Ritually Coming of Age — B’nai Mitzvah
Over the congregation’s first two decades, only a handful of kids celebrated bar or bat mitzvah each year, about two per year from 1965-74 and four per year from 1975-79. From 1980-84, despite the sag in overall membership, the number of b’nai mitzvah per year nearly doubled to seven.
In those days, each bar or bat mitzvah turned into a whole community celebration. Most of the membership would turn out for the service and join in the festivities afterward. Because the adults knew each child, the youngster received individually chosen presents. The adults were nearly as proud of the bar or bat mitzvah as the child’s own parents. Fast forward to the 2000s and coincident with the temple’s rapid growth, the numbers of b’nai mitzvah skyrocketed to an annual average of 17 from 2000-2004, 20 from 2005-2009, 24 from 2010-2014 and 26 per year in the 2015-2016 biennium. Still a joyful event accompanied by the choir, a flute soloist and other musical instruments.
Youth B’nai Mitzvah (scroll through the list)
Year | Names of B’nai Mitzvah |
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1963 | |
1964 | |
1965 | |
1966 | |
1967 | |
1968 | |
1969 | Michael Kessler, Roger Pines |
1970 | Bruce Tromberg |
1971 | Daniel Sherman, Michael Arses |
1972 | Elizabeth Cron |
1973 | Sam Schuchat, Sonia Rosen |
1974 | Aaron Adler, Ben Cowen |
1975 | Ruth Berg, Adam Cron |
1976 | Seth Forster, Jerome Mortman, David Baker, Daniel Rosen |
1977 | Jonathan Adler, Alicia Tromberg, Leah Morgenstein, Ruth Futrovsky |
1978 | Sara Baker, Beth Bernstein, Anne Wolf, Josh Salmonson, John Ross |
1979 | Sharon Levin, Adam Wegner, Jennifer Wolf |
1980 | Jessica Goldman, Jessica Springer, Les Morgenstein, Lane Blumenfeld, Andy Elisburg |
1981 | Benjamin Wegner, Matthew Zapruder, Emily Goldman, Eden Springer, Josh Levin, |
1982 | Gail Granof, Rachel Beerman, Jay Berkenbilt, Elizabeth Landsberg |
1983 | Donna Bluestone, Sara Arvidson, Daniel Granof, Michelle Elisburg, Naomi Berkenbilt, Shawn Blumenfeld, Rachel Landsberg |
1984 | Ben Wides, Peter Fivel, Jennifer Simon, Stacy Sherwat, Sharon Katz, Matthew Braunstein, Bill Moss, Todd Goren, Allen Freeman, Sherry Klein, Benjii Feldman, |
1985 | Jacob Asher, Melissa Booth, Josh Landsberg, Aaron Wilson, Meredith Simmons, |
1986 | Julie Granof, Laura Wides, Susan Mair, Emily Schwarz |
1987 | Peter Freeman, Keith Simon, David Booth, Reuven Goren, Fred Kovey |
1988 | Jenna Umansky, Daniel Schwartz |
1989 | Sarah Rosenbloom, Sarah Rinaldi, Kelley Rastatter |
1990 | Lisa Mahle, Lauren Ross, Seth Millis, Rachel Goren, Rosanna Aiello Forrest, Yael Young, Michael Hough, Abigail Umansky, Sarah & Jason Riggs, Keith Feldman |
1991 | Jessica Cooper, Abbey Kovey, David Hough, Gregory Silver, Joseph Hadley, Elana Bailes, Claire Schwartz |
1992 | Sarah From, John Hough, Rebecca Grochow, Julia Rosenbloom, Ben Cooper, Elizabeth Rosendorf, Claire Grusin |
1993 | Paul Rockower, Kyle Serrette(?), Amy Callender, Charles Mahle, Joss Ross, Nat Grotte |
1994 | Daniel Schwartz, Andrew Rosendorf |
1995 | Jessica Perlman, Jason Rubenstern, Charlotte Jacob, Alex Silver, Laura Tochen, Mollie Soloway, Eliza Simon, Lea Rinaldi, Ben Grusin, Sarah Halpern |
1996 | Brendan Bailes, Josh Halloway, Josh Grochow, Desmond Ser(r)ette, Mitchell Frye, Matthew Closter, Hallie Shilo, Jessica Cohn, David Grossman, Jacob Lahne |
1997 | Justin Bachorik, Kirby Capen (z"l), Jessica Soffer, Jacob Passel, Ellen Rockower, Miriam Grotte, Jeannie Baumann, Ben Callender |
1998 | Matthew Misheloff, Bergen Kay, Kathleen Rubenstein, Robert Rosenbaum, Mark Parker, Bradley Frye, Johnathan Feuer, Jessica Simon, Anna Soloway, Maura Anderson, Joanna Blotner, Andrew Shoenfeld |
1999 | Sasha Silcox, Ariel Wentworth, Shira Zemel, Jarrett Moreno, Meryl Tochen, A.J. Allen, David Pearl, Jake Levine-Sisson |
2000 | Aaron Kaufman, Melinda Mathis, Aaron Schumacher, Anna Liebowitz, David Mark Olmsted, Sarah Isaacson, Ethan Dyer, Nina Fainberg, Joshua & Tanya Cooley, Ben Wald, Audrey Soffer, Robert Barnett, Gabe Goffman, Alejandra Bornstein |
2001 | William (Willy) Adler, Eli Blum, Eliva Shaw, Zachary Simon, Lea Weightman, Ben Blotner, Aaron Klaus, Alexandra Bachorik, Arielle Mishkin, Naomi Taub, Zachary Leibman, Zack Rubin-McCarry, Jesse Rubin-McCarry, Reed Wilson |
2002 | Adam Zemel, Sonya Soloway, Edward (Teddy) Temchin Parker, Melanie Arenberg, Elizabeth Hadley, Robin Sidvin Meyer Simon, Emily Bushnell Olmsted, Jeffrey Abram Soffer, Nicholas Fitz, David Rubin, Theodore (Theo) Elton Kogod, Elizabeth Fainberg, Daniel Schiffman Tochen, Isabel Shaw, Calder (Cal) Silcox, Jillian Moreno |
2003 | Harry Rockower, Madeleine Weisman, Owen Capen Weinstein, Allegra Abramson, Ben Winston, Rebecca (Becca) Silver, Steven Saracco, Michael Nussbaum, Emily Harwood, Felix Shapiro, Allison (Allie) Parris, Danielle (Dani) Himelfarb, Samuel (Sam) Lahne, Lindsay Aronson, Leah Wald, Katie Goldberg, Andrew Melendy, Logan Saunders, Caroline Broder Wentworth, Nora Barnett |
2004 | Jesse Landsberg Ward, Cole Feinberg, Annie Feinberg, Samuel Olmsted, Amanda Gutterman, Andrea Lynn, Nina Roumell, Charlotte Steiner, Paige Leventhal, Emma Berman Fernandez, Rachel Adler, Emily Maier, Adam Isaacson, Sonya Kaufman, Andrew Pelesh, William Coffman, Annie Cohen, Sarah Mishkin, Hannah Simon, Howard Grob |
2005 | Simca Hadley, Jordan Tritell, Ariel Scharff, Hannah Tucker, Madelyn Berner, Lina Rosenberg, Miriam Lynch, David Weightman, Jacob Anbinder, Ronit Zemel, Sarah Kogod, Alyssa Silver, Lena Rose Carleton, David London, Eliot Reiniger, Hillary Moffatt, Ariel Mann Cohen, Joshua Bird, Dylan L. Wilson, Lauren Teixeira, Eleanor Katz |
2006 | Melanie Stern, Hannah Caja, Max Ewart, Jonathan Webster, Jacob Cale Carver, Ryan Slayen, Rachel Nussbaum, Emily Aronson, Danny Parris, Medelyn Maddy Strauss Levy, Benjamin Kaufman, Faith Snyderman, Joshua Aarons, Liam Michael Fogelson, Sammy Gordon |
2007 | Theodore (Teddy) Weisman, Daniel P. Scheiner, Henry Brown, Alex Tritell, Daniel Jack Prosky, Michael Saracco, India Claire Scribner, Dina Anbinder, Noah Riskind, Jacob Harold Rosenberg, Harper Rothstein Orwin, Eve Sokolow Barnett, David Lazere, Ethan L. Porter, Alaina Berner, Sarah Zeichner, Anne Katz, Isabel Thompson, Adam Jacobson, Brandon Klein, Matthew Erik Volk |
2008 | Beth Bodner, Hannah Lynn, James Gewanter, Benjamin Carleton, Joshua Bramble, Isaac Futrovsky, Alsion Viola Cohen, Eli Ferster, Aaron Klinger, Lila Klaus, Rhett Stuart, Gabriel Cano, Sam Cafritz, Michael Jonah Kusnet, Alexander Wolf Levy, Robin Stinson Pinger Pollak |
2009 | Emma Youcha, Brittany J. Brookner, Anna Pelesh, Daniel Wolff, Harris Daniel Rothman, Zachary Lief-Paul, Zack Werb, Daniel Isaac Stern, Hayden Lipszenko, Rebecca Strauss Levy, Elizabeth Zeichner, Nathaniel Sherman, Jacqueline Elizabeth Prosky, Maya Barkey, Jana Rose Korn, Samuel Matey Scheiner, Emily Gordon, Ruben Pansegrouw , Isabel Lee Kessler, Olivia Pearl Kessler, Jacob Ausubel, Nathan Ausubel, Zoe Aron, Julia Katz, Gideon Blum, Isabel Stein, Jack Lowenstein, Sam Hynes, Rebecca Klein |
2010 | Elizabeth Zetlin, Harrison Davis, Julia Michal Harris, Gabrielle Alana Busch, Michael Yokei Grob, Walter Huron, Alia Schechter, Alexander Cohen, Elias Daniel Benda, Isabel Rebecca James, Jack Ewart, Isabel Adena Taswell, Rebecca Katz, Alexandra Miller Shapiro, Ian Berner, Adam Lazere, Adan Racobaldo, Phyllis Hazel Rosenblum-Sellers, Brian Winston, Juliana Justice Larisch-Schifferes, Jacob Korn, Gabriel Siegel, Annie Rosenthal, Ferris J. Garel, Michael (Micah) Vekstein |
2011 | Alexander Cafritz, Josh Sahr, Razi Beresin-Scher, Zach Lynch, Emily Ustun, Lily Blattner, Rachel Snyderman, Sarah Goldberg, Zach Kahn, Marc Shulman, David Fadul, Isaac Shelanski, Lucy Binswanger, Brahm Soltes, Abigail Strauss, Adrienne Kafka, Julia Kafka, Caleb Coffman, Benjamin Cooper, Matias Cano, Arielle Weinstein |
2012 | Olivia Siegel, Norell Sherman, Nina Isenstein, Sophie Futrovsky, Rebecca Davis, Zack Youcha, Micah Reinharz, Alana Barry, Anna Ustun, Hannah Wyatt, Marina Schecter, Sarah Burch, Keith Newman, Nina Stein, Alexander Thompson, Ellis Wilder, Zachary Stern, David Katz |
2013 | Franny Sewell, Zoe Taswell, Isabel Rosenthal, Halli Watts-Rich, Mason Watts-Rich, Rachel Pollock, Jordi Parry, Dylan Roth, Benjamin Stern, Samuel Blumenfeld, Carly Sahr, Jacob (Coby) Cohen, Isaac Rosenblum-Sellers, Hero Magnus, Sarah Carleton, Elana Pansegrouw, Nadav Soltes, Griffith Ruck, Matthew Hua, Benjamin Werb, Ethan Klein, Sam Fox-Halperin, Thomas Mande, Jordan Harris, Daniel Halpert, Sally Binswanger, Rebecca Shapiro |
2014 | Ruby Tucker, Casey Bressler, Adam Bressler, Sydney Maggin, Sam Sallick, Addie Rose Alexander, Hannah Davis, Piper Spindle, Shayna Brotzman, Caroline Weinstein, Max Harwood, Simon McGraw, Alex Hill, Nina Rutzen, Ilana Samuel, Lily Isenstein, Leah Ferrier, Caroline Katzive, Jordan Roumell, Mia Goodman, Chloe Kristensen, Noah Freedman, Jana Warner, Ella Rose Chotiner, Jack Muoio, Dylan Waldner, Dana Herrnstadt, Emily Gould |
2015 | Molly Rothschild, Judah Chambers, Sarah Schwartz, Mara Lurie, Wesley Cooper, Rebecca Stern, Ben Seidman, Leo Seidman, Sasha Rosenbaum, Kaleo Goldstein-Coloretti, Isabella Ziv, Graham Wilder, Louisa Spector, Benjamin Moran, Samantha Strauss, Aviva Rosenbaum, Natavan Miriam Karsh, Benny Weinberger, Seth Sabar, Max Gregory, Geffen Bendavid, Matthew Mande, Elias Diwan |
2016 | Deena Blumenthal, Mark Burch, Elena Tal Rubens Goldfarb, Jordan Maggin, Abigail Hall, Elka Longstreth, Anna Katzive, Sara Elaine Muoio, Jared Cohen, Beatrice (Boogie) Sewell, Mia Kristensen, Benjamin Fleurence, Sadie Wyatt, Andrew (Drew) Warner, Marshall Cooperman, Alexander (Alexi) Lazlo Weinberg, Luke Comfort-Cohen, Zachary Asher Blumenfeld, Benjamin Langsam, Miranda Gentin, Benjamin Thompson Waldner, David Rossotto, Mirielle Lee Skolnick, Paola Milbank, Ari Solomon, Gabriel Brumberg, Avery Hannah Ferrier, Macie McGraw |
Adult B’nai Mitzvah
Year | Names |
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INDIVIDUAL | |
1981 | Lea Goldberg |
1983 | Roberta Goren |
Joanne Dolgow, Enid Rubenstein, Lois Steinberg | |
1984 | Tiby Sharlin |
1995 | Judy Hadley |
1996 | Ann Sablosky |
GROUP | |
2000 | Ruth Tenzer Feldman, Eugenia Grohman |
2005 | Barbara Diskin, Tamar Fishman, Janet Hahn, Judith Rosen |
2005 | Martha Adler, Pearl Bailes, Sue Baum, Lynn Bonde, Ted Bornstein, Stuart Brown, Debby Cooper, Ginger From, Patricia Goldman, Kate Kiggins, Janice Meer, Sheila Platoff, Karen Rosenbaum, Don Rothberg, Lynn Rothberg, Susanne Saunders, Kate Sheeler, Amy Shilo, Sabrina Sojourner |
2007 | Alan Carpien, Alan Cohen, Diane Dodge, Elizabeth Eby, Helene Granof, Amanda Helin, Rhoda Hyde, Karen Mark, Geri Nielsen, Bob Saginaw, Sharon Salus, Ruth Schimel, Robyn Shepherd, Jacque Simon, Leslie Silberman, Adrienne Umansky |
2009 | Roberta Aronson, Alan Burch, Rebecca Claster, Kristen Goldberg, Jocelyn Guyer, Tamara Kessler, Greg Lipscomb, Jennifer Loukissas, Catherine Lynch, Doug Meyer, Bill Page, Elizabeth Pelcyger, Learita Scott, Shari Werb, Sonia White |
2011 | Frances Brookner, Geoff Barron, Valerie Barton, Patty Brink, Betsy Broder, Suzanne Griffith, Laura Lederman, Marilyn Park, Lisa Saks, Noel Salinger |
2013 | Helen Burstin, Kathryn Ceja, Joan Feld, Phil Feld, Jessica Jones, Sunny Kaplan, Felicia Kolodner, Donna Lloyd-Kolkin, John Mosheim, Scott Pearson, Jocelyn Roberts |
2015 | Lindsey Bailet, Betsy Goldberg, Peako Jenkins, Kate Judson, Paul Judson, Stephanie Kaufman, Adam Napora, Yolanda Savage-Narva, Linda Schultz, Paula Stevenson |
2017 | Jodi Hope Anderson, Liz Blumenfeld, Laurie Brumberg, Tom Heinemann, Jan W. Greenberg, Debra Knopman, Wamaid Levine-Borges, Diana Oboler, Libby Pearson, Sarah Swatzburg |
Completing the Cycle
Temple Micah was created mostly by young families and singles. So for years, there was little focus on death. A few members passed away in the early years. In 1970, for example, Ernest Green died of a heart attack as he left the temple after Friday evening services and Ivan Meitus was killed in a plane crash. As it celebrated births and other happy life cycle events, the entire community mourned its losses, (which were thankfully few), and continues to remember them all on their yahrzeits and at the memorial service on Yom Kippur. But in keeping with its overall policy of not naming individuals on plaques, Micah published no permanent record of members who had died. The Task Force on Member Recognition, which recommended the establishment of this Living History initiative, also proposed the creation of a memorial wall listing the names of all deceased members. Implementation of the wall is underway.
In 1979, the temple purchased a cemetery within George Washington/Mount Lebanon Cemetery in Adelphi, MD for members and their immediate families. Currently, the five trustees are: Shelley Grossman, chair; Gene Granof, treasurer; Mel Goldberg, recorder; Miriam Grogan and Jessica Silver.
Shelley Grossman talks about the Cemetery Committee
People should go and see it – it’s lovely and peaceful…It makes me feel good to be able to help people at this time of stress.
Temple Micah Cemetery Internments
Sequence | Year of Death | First Name | Last Name |
---|---|---|---|
51 | 1976 | Chai | Frankenfeld |
63 | 1978 | Harry | Fox |
62 | 1979 | Richard | Levi |
59 | 1980 | Norma | Wegner |
47 | 1983 | Allan | Sharlin |
14 | 1984 | George | Brown |
13 | 1986 | Eugene | Frankel |
41 | 1987 | William | Isaacson |
27 | 1987 | Irene | Kadis |
74 | 1990 | Stephen | Baritz |
8 | 1991 | David | Granof |
21 | 1992 | Irene | Chait |
17 | 1994 | Aaron | Altschul |
44 | 1995 | Stanton | Sender |
22 | 1995 | Edward | Weinberg |
9 | 1996 | Diana | Granof |
73 | 1996 | Lewis | Lavine |
2 | 1996 | Dorothy | Sheeham |
7 | 1996 | Lillian | Sieger |
75 | 1996 | Fred | Wegner |
30 | 1998 | Lee | Cron |
50 | 1998 | Greta | Frankenfeld |
45 | 1998 | Tiby | Sharlin |
6 | 1998 | Benjamin | Sieger |
?? | 1998 | Dora | Evers |
1 | 1999 | Lucy | Feuer |
16 | 1999 | Eileen | Gozonsky |
61 | 2000 | Natalie | Spingarn |
24 | 2000 | Shirley | Springer |
3 | 2001 | Theodore | Wagman |
39 | 2002 | Herman | Dunsay |
68 | 2002 | Benjamin | Lepson |
11 | 2002 | Hanna | Schussheim |
43 | 2002 | Jeannette | Vale |
4 | 2002 | Marcia | Wagman |
40 | 2003 | Esther | Dunsay |
19 | 2003 | Henry | Lipman |
28 | 2003 | Louise | Werlin |
53 | 2004 | Meyer | Achter |
37 | 2004 | Inda | Lepson |
76 | 2004 | Samuel | Iker |
33 | 2004 | Gilbert | Nelson |
38 | 2005 | Philip | Klass |
35 | 2005 | Fay | Mintz |
34 | 2005 | Milton | Mortman |
71 | 2005 | Louise | Schuchat |
60 | 2005 | Jerome | Spingarn |
29 | 2005 | Ellen | Trauben |
54 | 2006 | Renee | Achter |
31 | 2006 | Ted | Cron |
42 | 2006 | Cecelia | Isaacson |
5 | 2006 | Henry | Zapruder |
32 | 2007 | Florence | Nelson |
49 | 2007 | Benjamin | Rigberg |
56 | 2008 | Abraham | Brumberg |
57 | 2008 | Josephine | Brumberg |
26 | 2008 | Isabel | Field |
25 | 2008 | Milton | Field |
48 | 2010 | Richard | Levenson |
58 | 2010 | Suzanne | Salkovitz |
18 | 2011 | Ruth | Altschul |
15 | 2011 | Moses | Gozonsky |
77 | 2012 | Peter | Benda |
69 | 2012 | Paul | Park |
52 | 2012 | Donald | Rothberg |
70 | 2012 | Nancy | Scheiner |
10 | 2012 | Morton | Schussheim |
66 | 2012 | Richard | Wolf |
12 | 2013 | Vivian | Liebenau |
55 | 2013 | Ellen | Passel |
65 | 2014 | Susan | Blumenfeld |
67 | 2014 | Robert | Morgenstein |
72 | 2014 | Theodor | Schuchat |
23 | 2014 | Anne | Weinberg |
20 | 2015 | William | Paul |
79 | 2015 | Ben | Wattenberg |
36 | 2015 | Mervine | Rosen |
64 | 2016 | Maurice | Weiner |
78 | 2017 | Eva | Benda |
46 | 2017 | Harold | Sharlin |