Michael will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah on September 5, 2009 at Temple B’nai Torah in Bellevue.
Michael is the son of Mayer and Sara Yashar of Redmond and the brother of Elliot and Noah. His grandparents are Arthur Hartman of Toronto, Ontario, Susanna and David Bensinger of San Francisco, Calif., Monazam Yashar of Concord, Calif. and the late Azizollah Yashar.
Michael is in the 7th grade at the Jewish Day School.