Shira will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah on June 8, 2013, at URJ Camp Kalsman in Arlington. The family attends Temple Beth Am in Seattle.
Shira is the daughter of Julie Lyss and David Loren of Seattle, and the sister of Isaac and Aviva. Her grandparents are Joan and Allen Loren of New York, N.Y., and Esther Lyss-Greenstein and Harvey Greenstein of St. Louis, Mo.
Shira is a 6th grader at Seattle Girls School. She enjoys travel, musical theater, Ultimate Frisbee, soccer, basketball, family movie nights, hanging out with friends, and sleepovers. She is volunteering with several organizations that help feed hungry and homeless people.