Mazel Toy!

Births

May 19
Sara (Schuster) and Steve Kraft of
Farmington Hills are thrilled to
announce the birth of their son, Joshua
Eric (Yoshea Joseph). Sharing in their
happiness are delighted grandparents
Marlene and Gary Kraft and Mal and
Ilene Schuster of West Bloomfield.
Sharing in their simcha are great-great-
grandmother Shirley Hasnas; great-
grandparents Barbara and Bernard Alter;
great-grandmother Irma Schuster; and
great-grandmother Ida Markle. Joshua
Eric is named in loving memory of his
maternal grandmother Anita Joy
Chandler and maternal great-grandfa-
ther Erich Schuster.

May 16
Sandy (Klein) and Michael Lumberg
welcome with love the birth of their
son, Jared Ian (Yehuda Tzvi). Sharing in
their joy are grandparents Leon and
Roslyn Klein and Edward and Sherri
Lumberg. Proud great-grandparents are
Lippman and Elaine Lumberg. Jared is
named in loving memory of his great-
grandparents Harry and Ida Klein.

May 5
Peggy and Alan Linker of West
Bloomfield joyfully announce the birth
of their daughter, Abigail Rose (Avigayil
Shoshana). She joins her thrilled big sis-
ters Elana Beth, 8 1/2, and Rebecca
Emily, almost 5. Her excited grandpar-
ents are Marika and Henry Sperber of
West Bloomfield and Shirley and Louis
Linker of Chicago. Abby is named in
loving memory of her maternal great-
aunt Rose Friedman.

April 29
Sara Bernstein and Gary Kravitz of
Farmington Hills joyfully announce the
birth of their son, Evan Ross Kravitz
(Itzak Ron). Sharing in their joy are
maternal grandparents Elinor and
Howard Bernstein, formerly of
Beachwood, Ohio, and paternal grand-
parents Fran and Jeff Kravitz of
Bloomfield Hills. Proud great-grandpar-
ents are Jack and Bobbie Rosman of Ft.
Lauderdale, Fla., and Ruth Kravitz
Straus of Lyndhurst, Ohio. He is also
the great-grandson of the late Helen
Rosman. Evan is named in loving mem-
ory of his paternal great-grandfather Al
(Isadore) Kravitz.

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April 13
Dr. Jeffrey and Lauri Schwalb of West
Bloomfield welcome with all their love
the birth of their daughter, Chloe Ilan.
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brothers Chad and Cameron. Sharing in
their happiness are grandparents Saralin
Levy of West Bloomfield, Roland and
Ilene Schwalb of Deerfield Beach, Fla.,
and Harold and Flora Chernv of West
Bloomfield. Chloe is also blessed with
her great-grandma Ida Cherny of Oak
Park. Chloe's maternal great-grandma
was the late Irene Gurwin; Chloe Ilan is
named in her loving memorv.

March 24
Anne (Schlaefflin) and Steven Sala of
West Bloomfield welcome with much
love the birth of their son, Evan
Alexander. Also welcoming Evan home
is 22-month-old big sister Sydnie Elise.
Excited grandparents are papa and nana
Paul and Marlene Schlaefflin of Tucson,
Ariz., and Barbara and Leonard Saltz of
Farmington Hills. Evan Alexander is
named in loving memory of his mater-
nal grandmother Elice (Kippy)
Schlaefflin and his paternal great-grand-
father Allen Saltz.

March 9
Drs. Marlene (Reid) and Larry Kosova
are thrilled to announce the birth of
their son, Matthew Steven. Sharing in
their joy are big sister Ilyssa Hannah,
grandmothers Dianne Reid and Esther
Kosova and great-grandmother Ann
Markman. Matthew Steven is named in
loving memory of his paternal great-
uncle Maurice Raznick and maternal
great-great-aunt
Sadie Markman.
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Feb. 18
Alan and Danielle (Avnv) Albert of
Riverdale, N.Y, welcome with much
love their beautiful son, Matthew
Steven (Mordechai Yitzchak). Sharing in
their joy are happy grandparents Toby
and Bill Albert of Southfield and first-
time grandmother Arnie Avny of
Riverdale. Matthew is named in loving
memory of his maternal grandfather
Mordechai Avny and paternal great-
grandfather Eugene Rutman.

Jan. 12
Sue (Snow) and Gordy Leff of
Farmington Hills are happy to
announce the birth of their beautiful
baby girl, Maggie Faith. Maggie's excit-
ed big sisters are Arica Hayley and
Amanda Rose. Thrilled grandparents are
Erma Mazer and Barbara and Saul Leff,
all of Farmington Hills. Proud great-
grandmother Bubbie Sonia Eisenberg
shares the excitement. Maggie is the
granddaughter of the late Albert
(Obbie) Snow and late Miles Mazer and
is lovingly named in memory of her
maternal great-aunt Millie Levitt and
paternal great-grandmother Frieda Leff.

Bar/Bat Mitzvah

Zachary Glazier will become a bar
mitzvah on Saturday, June 12, at
Congregation
Shaarey Zedek B'nai
Israel. Zachary will
read from the Torah,
chant the maftir and
haftorah and lead
the congregation in
the repetition of the
Musaf service.
Zachary's brother
Michael Glazier will lead the chanting
of Ashrei and the concluding prayers.
Zachary is a seventh grader at
Orchard Lake Middle School in
West Bloomfield and a student at the
Shaarey Zedek Hebrew school, where
he intends to continue his Hebrew
education. Zachary is on the student
council at OLMS, is active in
Kadima-USY and in many sports; he
spend his summers at Camp Ramah
Canada. Zachary worked on numer-
ous mitzvah projects, two of which
were making dolls for Hadassah
Hospital and helping with younger
children at the Shaarey Zedek
Hebrew school.
Zachary is the son of Manny and
Sandy Glazier, the grandson of Adele
and the late Cyril Silver, Bess and
Moishe Glazier, and the great-grand-
child of Fannie and the late Bernardo
Luchtan.

Katie Lynn Fried will be called to the
Torah as a bat mitzvah on Friday, June
11 at Temple Kol
Ami. She is the
daughter of Ellen
and Paul Fried, sister
of Julie and grand-
daughter of Marsha
and Norman Ross.
Katie is also the
granddaughter of the
late Sylvia and Jacob
Seidman and the late
Seymour Fried.
Katie is a student at O.E. Dunckel
Middle School in Farmington Hills,
where she enjoys playing the violin in
the concert orchestra and singing in
the seventh-grade choir. Katie's inter-
ests also include dancing, playing the
piano, reading and basketball.
Katie's mitzvah projects included
playing the violin for senior citizens at
the Haworth Center in Farmington
Hills, volunteering at the Danto
Health Care Center, participating in
the Housing the Homeless project at
Kol Ami and working with children in
the Daniel Sobel Friendship Circle.

Brett Lee Turner will be called to the
Torah as a bar mitzvah on Saturday,
June 12, at a Havdala
service at Temple Beth
El. Brett is the son of
Susan and Lee (Buzz)
Turner, brother of
Brooke, Brittany,
Breanne and Brenna.
Brett helped feed
the homeless at COTS
in Detroit for his
mitzvah project. He is a seventh-grade
student at West Hills Middle School in
Bloomfield Hills. He is involved in
many sports; he is a goalie for hockey,
plays basketball, golf, football and is a
wrestler. He also enjoys karate, in-line
skating, and snow and water skiing.

Justin Aaron Myers will be called to the
Torah as a bar mitzvah at Temple Israel
on Friday, June 11.
He is the son of
Denise and Carl
Myers, brother of
Jonathon and grand-
child of Nancy and
Marty Myers and
Nicholas Yiataganas.
A student at
Orchard Lake Middle
School in West Bloomfield, Justin is
interested in snowboarding, hockey,
modeling and acting, computers, bas-
ketball, golf, wrestling and magic tricks.
His most meaningful mitzvah project
involved feeding the guests when
Temple Israel housed the homeless.

Jeremy Ian Zaks will become a bar
mitzvah on Friday, June 11, at Temple
Israel. He is the son of Karen and Larry
Zaks, brother of
Matthew and grand-
son of Diane and
Harry Posar and Sylvia
Zaks. He is also the
grandchild of the late
Irving Zaks.
A West Bloomfield
Orchard Lake Middle
School student,
Jeremy enjoys basketball, football,
mountain biking, hockey and comput-
ers. He found it particularly meaningful
to volunteer at the Fleischmann
Residence; he also assisted at Yad Ezra
and donated to the Michigan Humane
Society and to the Evan Shapiro Fund
for the Fight Against Cancer.

Julie Beth Feinberg will become a bat
mitzvah on Saturday, June 12, at Temple
Israel. She is the daughter of Renee and
Mark Feinberg and sister of Jennifer and
Joshua. Proud grandparents are Nettie