Published August 27, 2020
Cody Burkett (center) is pictured with her former students, sisters Sadie (left) and Carli Alper, at the girls’ bat mitzvah outside United Hebrew Congregation on Saturday. Sadie and Carli are the daughters of Craig and Kerri Alper.
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