Elijah Ben Goldberg, son of Russell and Amy Goldberg of Lake Mary, Fla., will be called to the Torah as a bar mitzvah Saturday, May 4, 2013 at Congregation Beth Am in Longwood.

Eli is an “A” student in the seventh grade at Sanford Middle School. He has his black belt in Tae Kwon Do, enjoys hanging out with friends and plays a tuba in the school band.

Sharing in the family’s simcha will be his brothers, Jonah and Noah; his grandparents, Dr. Alan and Anita Guy of Maitland; grandmother, Ingrid Goldberg of Longwood; grandfather, Norman Goldberg of Lake Mary; aunt and uncle, Allyson and Steve Krause of Atlanta; aunt and uncle Heidi and Steven Goldberg of Philadelphia; cousins from Atlanta and Philadelphia as well as many great aunts, uncles and cousins from Miami, Venice and North Carolina.