Mazel Toe

Births

Nov. 30
Lenny and Cari Waldman of West
Bloomfield announce with love the
birth of their son, Ryan Jacob. Big
brother is two-year-old Jordan Daniel.
Proud grandparents, sharing the joy,
are Fred and Laurie Nosanchuk Blum,
David and Elaine Lippitt, Erwin and
Elaine Waldman, Gordon Suber.
Great-grandparents are Joseph and
Betty Nosanchuk and Ida Margolis.
Ryan is named in loving memory of
his maternal great-great-grandfather
Jacob Nosanchuk.

Nov. 15
Debra Alspector and Craig Carmack of
San Francisco are pleased to announce
the birth of their son, Maxwell Odis
Alspector Carmack. His maternal
grandparents are Jacob and Miriam
Alspector of Bloomfield Hills; his
paternal grandmother is Margie Car-
mack of Hot Springs, Ark. Maxwell
was named in memory of Odis Car-
mack; his Hebrew name, Mendel
Tuvya, is in memory of Thelma Stern.

Oct. 24
Jenny (Mandelbaum) Mitchell Nadoff
and David Nadoff of Chicago are
pleased to announce the birth of
Shalom Yehuda. Excited siblings are
Chaya, Malkah and Avichai. Proud
grandparents are Barbara and Sol Man-
delbaum of Oak Park and Jeanette
Nadoff of Omaha, Neb. Shalom Yehu-
da is named in loving memory of his
paternal great-grandfathers Rabbi
Shalom Nadoff and Yehuda Zohn and
maternal uncles Morris and Sam Man-
delbaum and Jack Subar.

of Lynne and Murray Rosman and Sara
and Shafer Stollman, all of Jerusalem.

Sept. 22
Dr. Nathan and Rachel Bloch of
Farmington Hills welcome with much
love the birth of their son, Samuel
Benjamin (Shlomo Beryl). Excited to
welcome Sam home and share her toys
is big sister Rozzie, 21 months. Shar-
ing in their joy are grandparents Leon
and Ellie Williams of Sylvania, Ohio,
and Lucky and Flo Bloch of Farming-
ton Hills. Also sharing in their happi-
ness are great-grandparents Freida and
Wilfred Williams and Harry Lepold of
Sylvania. Sam is named in loving
memory of his paternal great-grandfa-
ther Samuel Hollander and paternal
great-uncle Bernard Bloch.

Sept. 21
Dr. Tammi (Waldshan) and Dr. Scott
Cooper of West Bloomfield welcome
with much love their son, Adam Mar-
tin (Avraham Mordechai). Thrilled
first-time grandparents are David and
Sarah Waldshan of Farmington Hills
and Dr. Jerry and Hannah Cooper of
Atlanta. Also sharing in the simchah
are great-grandparents Max and
Libby Cooper. Adam is named in lov-
ing memory of his great-great-grand-
father Abraham Waldshan, his great
uncle Alter Berman, his great-grand-
mother Agnes Pastor and his great-
grandfather Martin Pastor.

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Oct. 12
Marjorie (Garfinkle), formerly of
Southfield, and Edward McKellips of
Tuscon, Ariz., are thrilled to announce
the birth of their second son, Jason
Andrew. Welcoming Jason home is
big brother Daniel Edward, 5. Proud
grandparents are Joan Garfinkle,
George Friedman and Bonnie and
Edward McKellips.

Aug. 21
Robert Mittenthal and Hilarie Sheets
of New York City are delighted to
announce the birth of their daughter,
Charlotte Sheets Mittenthal, sister to
Owen Sheets Mittenthal, 2. Charlotte
was given the name Chaya Mina in
loving memory of her paternal great-
great-grandmother Ida Chasanov.
Paternal grandparents are Edie and
Donald Slotkin and Diane and Stuart
Mittenthal, all of Bloomfield Hills.
Paternal great-grandmother is Bert
Graller of Cincinnati, Ohio. Mater-
nal grandparents are Mary P. Sheets
of Richmond, Va., and Niki and
Michael Sheets of New York City.

Oct. 3
Elisheva Rosman Stollman and Aviad
Stollman of Jerusalem joyfully
announce the birth of their son,
Yehonatan Yitzchak, the first great-
grandchild of Eda and Emil Reed of
Oak Park. Yehonatan Yitzchak was
named for his great-grandfathers,
Yitchak Shor and Rabbi Isaac Stollman.
He is also the great-grandson of Elaine
and Norm Rosman and the grandson

Aug. 2
Randy Blumenstein and Marci Git-
tleman of Madison, Wis., welcome
with much love their son, Joshua
Aaron (Yehoshua Meir). Sharing in
their joy are big sister Mara; grand-
parents, Penny and Harold Blumen-
stein of Bloomfield Hills and
Rochelle and Melvin Gittleman of
Minnetonka, Minn.; and great-
grandparents, Lee and Gerson Bern-

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stein and Sonia and Hyman Blumen-
stein. Joshua is named in loving memo-
ry of his maternal great-uncle Jerome
Gittleman and his paternal great-great-
grandfather Meir Blumenstein.

July 30
Mark and Kim (Haber) Goodman of
Roslyn, N.Y., are delighted to announce
the birth of their daughter, Jami Brooke
Excited big sister is Madison Blake, 25
months. Sharing in the joy are grand-
parents Jonathan and Barbara Haber of
Huntington Woods and Michael and
Barbara Goodman of Merrick, N.Y.;
along with great-grandparents Lydia
Sperber, Lillian Haber, Sam and Alice
Kahn and Ruth Goodman.

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Bar/Bat Mitzvah

Benjamin Marcuson will be called to
the Torah as a bar mitzvah Saturday,
Dec. 12, at Congre-
gation B'nai Moshe.
Benjamin is the son
of Debbie and
Phillip Marcuson
and the brother of
Beth. He is the
grandson of Kathy
and Norman Stricof,
Jack and Vivian
Marcuson and the late Benjamin Kahn.
Benjamin is a seventh-grade stu-
dent at Hillel Day School in Farming-
ton Hills, where he received honor
student recognition in English studies.
Benjamin enjoys sports, music, corn-
puters, video games and playing pool.
He participated in Dor L:Dor as his
mitzvah project.

Sabrina Dianne Raben will become a
bat mitzvah on Friday, Dec. 11, at
Congregation Beit Kodesh. She is the
daughter of Dianne and David
Raben. She is the granddaughter of

the late Samuel and Yolanda Frontiera
and the late Ben Raben and Mildred
Kramer. Sabrina is
sister to Jerry, Julie,
Sharon, Rochelle,
Damian and the late
Kenny.
She attends Frost
Middle School in
Livonia and enjoys
rollerskating, music,
dance, gymnastics
and arts and crafts. Summer camp is
an all-time favorite, where she excels
in sports.
Mitzvah projects include purchas-
ing and giving stuffed toys to those
in need and working with the reha-
bilitation of wild animals. She loves
to care for the younger children at
social and private functions.

Abby Rachel Kuzin will celebrate her
bar mitzvah at Tern-
ple Israel on Friday,
Dec. 1 1. She is the
daughter of Linda
and Maurice Miller
and Arthur Kuzin,
sister of Heather
and granddaughter
of Anita and Lou
Kuzin. She_ is also
the grandchild of the late Louise and
Bernard Weisman.
Her most meaningful mitzvah
project was earning funds to donate
to MJAC to help find a cure for
AIDS. An Abbott Middle School
student in West Bloomfield, Abby is
interested in tennis, dance and
downhill skiing.

Erika Beth Friedman will be called
to the Torah as a
bat mitzvah at
Temple Israel on
Friday, Dec. 11.
She is the daughter
of Lisa Friedman
and Lawrence
Friedman and sister
of Jonathan and
Benjamin. Proud
grandparents are
David Friedman and Dr. E. Newton
Rottenberg. She is also the grand-
child of the late Beatrice Friedman.
Attending Abbott Middle School
in West Bloomfield, Erika enjoys
snow and water skiing, tubing and
white-water rafting. Volunteering at
the Fleischman Residence and
donating candy and toys to under-
privileged children were important
mitzvah projects.