Zimel will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah on April 18, 2009 at Temple B’nai Torah in Bellevue.
Zimel is the son of Uri and Anna B. Berenshtein of Mill Creek and the brother of Mira. His grandparents are Rakhill Bekman and Roland Slasor of Mill Creek, Frida Berenshtein of Nahariya, Israel, the late Miron Bekman, and the late Edward Berenshtein.
Zimel is in the 7th grade at Heatherwood Middle School. His interests include basketball, school, piano and tae kwon do. For his mitzvah project, he is working to raise support and awareness for Friends of the Israel Defense Forces.