Shira will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah on Saturday, October 13, 2012 at Congregation Beth Shalom in Seattle. She is the daughter of Laurie Becker and Paul Berkelhammer of Seattle. Her grandparents are Joel and Dorothy Becker of Hauppauge, N.Y. and Jerry and Sheila Berkelhammer of Princeton, N.J.
Shira is a 7th-grader at Orca K-8 school. She enjoys spending time with her friends, playing the flute, attending ballet class, reading, and playing with the family cats. Shira’s mitzvah project was to assist Project Cool of the Seattle/King County Coalition on Homelessness with collecting school supplies for homeless children.