Ariel will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah on November 19, 2011, at Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation. Ariel is the daughter of Amy Wasser-Simpson of Bellevue and the late Chuck Simpson and is the sister of Harry and Gillian.
Ariel’s grandparents are Stephen and Barbara Wasser of Schenectady, N.Y. and the late Jean and Charlie Simpson.
Ariel is a 7th-grader at the Jewish Day School. She enjoys volleyball and participating in the Eastside Dream Elite Cheer Team. Ariel will make a donation to the Netzach Yisrael Mitzvah Store in Kiryat Malachi, Israel, which serves mainly low-income Ethiopian children.