Brian Ginell was called to the Torah as a bar mitzvah at Temple Etz Chaim on April 22. He is a seventh-grade student at Redwood Middle School and his parents are Gail and Cary Ginell of Thousand Oaks.

Jamie Mark was called to the Torah as a bat mitzvah at Temple Etz Chaim on April 29. She is a student at Los Cerritos Middle School and the daughter of Shari and Ron Mark of Thousand Oaks.

Temple Etz Chaim is at 1080 Janss Road in Thousand Oaks.