Noam will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah on October 31, 2009 at Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation on Mercer Island.
Noam is the son of Cantor Bradlee Kurland and Sandy Samuel of Mercer Island and the brother of Akiva and Talya. His grandparents are Inez Kurland of Revere, Mass., Miriam Samuel of Castro Valley, Calif., the late Morton Kurland and the late Bernard Samuel.
Noam is in the 7th grade at the Jewish Day School of Metropolitan Seattle. Noam loves sports — particularly football and basketball — music, hanging out with friends and creative writing. He has a passion for Israel and for Camp Young Judaea.