Mazel Tov to Samantha!

Samantha “Sammi” Jokelson is a life long member of the BZBI community  She is currently an eighth grader at The Philadelphia School where she plays on the volleyball and tennis teams.  Sammi is also a dedicated gymnast with the Relentless gymnastics team competing in meets around the state and region.  Sammi also has a love of travel and has visited Japan, France and Portugal in her travels with Children’s International Summer Village (CISV), where she has made friends from around the world.  In her downtime, Sammi likes to draw, play games and watch and rewatch “Friends” on Netflix.

Sammi, her brother Ryan, and her parents, Jill and Derek, are so happy to share this simcha with the BZBI community as she is called to the Torah to become a Bat Mitzvah on October 14th.