Bar mitzvah - Andrew Mackler

Andrew Mackler, son of Jay and Robin Mackler of Lake Mary, Fla., will be called to the Torah as a bar mitzvah on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2014, at Congregation Beth Am.

Andy is in the seventh grade at Sanford Middle School in the Pre-IB program. His hobbies and interests include playing tennis competitively in USTA tournaments, math and science, and ping pong. He also volunteers at Beth Am's Sunday School.

Sharing in the family's simcha will be his brother, Ryan; grandparents, Audrey and Arnold Feingold of Connecticut; Phil Mackler of Naples, Fla.; and Sally and Irwin Mindell of Clearwater, Fla.; also numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.