Dr. Karen Kaufman and Jon Brandon announce the Bar Mitzvah of their son, Alexander Joseph Brandon. He became a Bar Mitzvah May 5, 2018, where he lives in Boulder, Colorado.
Alex is the grandson of Dr. Andrew and Lynn Kaufman of Mission Hills, and Carol and Arthur Brandon of Scottsdale, Arizona.
Alex has just completed eighth grade at Louisville Middle School in Louisville, Colorado. He participates in the organization Judaism Your Way and will be spending his second summer at Camp Beber, a B’nai Brith Camp in Wisconsin. He plays soccer and enjoys skiing in the winter and hiking in the summer.
Alex volunteers at a local assisted living home, and participates in a peer mentoring group where he helps his fellow students who have physical and mental differences accomplish their goals.
