The Conservative Movement Warmly Welcomes Rabbi Reuven Hammer to Metropolitan Detroit as our Scholar in Residence Births for the Months of October and November 1995 Reuven Hammer For Information Call: received his rabbinic ordination and a doctorate in theology from the Jewish Theological Seminary and a Ph.D. in Communicative Disorders from Northwestern University. He is currently President of the Conservative Movement's Beit Din. An author and lecturer, he has contributed articles on both scholarly and popular topics to numerous periodicals in both Hebrew and English. His Site: A Tannaitic Commentary on the Book of Deuteronomy, received the National Jewish Book Council Award as the outstanding work of scholarship of 1987. He resides in Jerusalem. (810)258-0055 Honorary Chairperson William Davidson Chairpersons Alden Leib • Charlotte Tessler Start the New Year right. Join Rabbi Hammer in Torah Study this Fall. 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Sharing in their nounce with much love the birth naches are ecstatic grandparents, of their second daughter, Saman- Mrs. Natalie Plonskier of Oak tha Kylie. Sharing in their joy is Park and Dr. and Mrs. Victor big sister Jessica Paige. Proud Horvitz of Bloomfield Hills. Jake grandparents are Arlene and Ethan is named in loving Robert Niskar of Farmington memory of his paternal grand- Hills and Ellen Reznik of West father, Jack Plonskier, and ma- Bloomfield. Elated great-grand- ternal great-grandfather, Eliahu parents are Dorothy and William Horvitz. Niskar of Southfield. JULY 6 Michael and Rebecca AUG. 30 — Lauren (Blumen- (Frankel) Kron of Villa Park, stein) and Jordan Cohen of Calif., are pleased to announce Scottsdale, Ariz., welcome with the birth of their son, Scott much love their daughter, Thomas. Excited big brother is Melanie Jill (Zahava Tova). Shar- Joseph Ian, two years old. Shar- ing in their joy are grandparents, ing their joy are grandparents, Penny and Harold Blumenstein Dr. Edward and Frances Frankel of Bloomfield Hills and Shirley of Los Angeles, William and Dr. and Harold Cohen of Fort Worth, Alberta Knepper of Annapolis, Texas; and great-grandparents, Md., and Dr. Lawrence and Lee and Gerson Bernstein and Audrey Kron of West Bloomfield. Sonia and Hyman Blumenstein. Proud great-grandmothers are Melanie is named in loving mem- Mae Katz of Deerfield Beach, ory of her paternal great-grand- Fla., and Thelma Frankel of parents, James Cohen and Kate Santa Monica, Calif. Scott Garston, and her maternal great- Thomas is named in loving mem- aunt, Golda Sniderman. ory of his maternal grandparents. — AUG. 23 — Howard and Beth JULY 1 Dr. and Mrs. Scott (Alexander) Braunstein of Los Grodman of West Bloomfield wel- Angeles are happy to announce come with much love the birth of the birth of their son, Alexander their son, Adam Drew. Excited Harold Braunstein. His delighted big brother is Jared Alec. Shar- grandparents are Shirley Alexan- ing in their happiness are grand- der of Coronado, Calif., formerly parents, Doris and Melvyn Ladin of Huntington Woods, Ellen Moss of Morton Grove, Ill., Leatrice and and Marcia and Bill Braunstein Harold Grodman of West Bloom- of Los Angeles. Alexander Harold field; great-grandmothers, Flo- is named in loving memory of his rence Kraft of Chicago and Goldie maternal grandfather, Harold White of West Bloomfield. Adam Alexander. Drew is named in loving memory of his paternal great-grandfather, AUG. 13 — Lauri (Morganroth) Albert Grodman, and maternal and Robert Schuman of West great-grandmother, Dorothy Bloomfield are happy to an- Ladin. nounce the birth of their son, Avery Jake. Sharing in their joy MAY 31 — Ron and Rochelle are grandparents, Sheila and (Pikstein) Siegel of Farmington Mayer Morganroth of West Hills announce the birth of their Bloomfield and Florence and daughter, Hayley Nicole. Shar- Michael Schuman of Farmington ing in their pride and happiness Hills Proud great-grandmothers are big brother Michael and are Esther Rubinstein and grandparents, Marvin Siegel and Sophie Morganroth. Avery Jake Helen Pikstein. Hayley Nicole is is named in loving memory of his named in loving memory of paternal great-grandfather, Fred paternal grandmother, Naomi Schuman, and maternal great- Siegel. grandfather, Maurice Jack Mor- ganroth. MAY 8 Hadas (Reiter) and Dennis Bernard of Bloomfield AUG. 11— Jeffrey and Jennifer Township are thrilled to an- (Kosnak) Farber of West Bloom- nounce their birth of their son, field are thrilled to announce the Aaron Lev. Sharing in the ex- birth of their son, Jacob Samuel citement is big brother Joshua (Israel Shalom). Sharing in their Avichai. Proud grandparents are happiness are grandparents Naomi and Amnon Reiter of Cecile and Ernest Kosnak of West Bloomfield and Geri and Berkley and William and Audrey Lewis Bernard Jr. and Pepper Farber of Franklin. Jacob is Pike, Ohio. Great-grandmother named in loving memory of his Elka Reiter of Kibbutz Ein great-grandfather, Samuel Far- Hashofet, Israel, also shares in ber. their joy. Aaron Lev is named in loving memory of his paternal AUG. 6 Irving and Janice great-grand-uncle, Louis J. (Horvitz) Plonskier are thrilled Fox. — — —