About our B'nai Mitzvah

Josh and Molly Baron will become b'nai mitzvot on April 13, 2024. As twins, they have a special bond and consider each other "built-in best friends." Born in Chicago and moved to Salt Lake City in 2018, they are 7th graders at Clayton Middle School.

Josh, the older twin, is named "Yehoshua Aryeh," whose middle name is after one of his maternal grandfathers. Josh enjoys playing the piano, skiing, hiking, and participating in local combat robotics competitions (like Battle Bots). He also plays in the Avenues Baseball League.

Molly, born seven minutes after Josh, loves being the taller twin (at the moment) and is named "Malka Simcha," which translates to "queen of joy," named in remembrance of her aunt, Missy Baron, who loved music festivals. You can find her performing on stage, dancing ballet and jazz, and spending time with friends. She can hardly walk across a room without doing a pirouette.

Josh and Molly have attended Kol Ami religious school for the past six years, attended JCC summer camps in Chicago and Salt Lake, and attended URJ Camp Kalsman in Arlington, Washington.

For their mitzvah projects, Josh and Molly baked cookies to raise money for pajamas and hygiene items for the Road Home shelter.

Josh and Molly would like to thank their teachers, Terry Kogan, David Asman, Mark Grosser, Cantor Sharon Brown-Levy, Rabbi Samuel L. Spector, the peer mentors, and their parents, Kelly and Steve, for helping them prepare for this occasion.