Orli Roth, daughter of Jane and Boaz Roth of St. Louis, became a bat mitzvah in August 2023 at Traditional Congregation.
Orli is the granddaughter of Miriam Roth of St. Louis, Frank and Lynette Ballard of St. Louis, and Andrey Roth and Vanessa Gourdine of Franklin Lakes, N.J. Orli has two siblings, Liat Roth, who is 23, and Sela Roth, who is 20.
A seventh-grade student at Thomas Jefferson School, Orli led a women’s mincha service at Traditional Congregation. Her d’var Torah on Re’eh focused on the need to “see” the problem of homelessness in St. Louis and to address this community issue in ways that concretely benefit unhoused people.
Orli spent the summer creating bags of food, water and personal hygiene supplies to hand out at intersections around town. She challenges all of us to do our part by creating our own bags and carrying them in our cars to distribute to those we encounter.
