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Births

Aug. 21
Cheryl and James Frishman of Grand
Rapids are delighted to announce the
birth of their son, Samuel Aaron.
Sharing in their happiness are grand-
parents Vivian and Leonard Frishman
of Novi and Dolores and Peter Baas
of Grand Rapids and big sister Sarah
Elizabeth. Samuel Aaron is named in
loving memory of his maternal great-
grandmother Cecelia Levinson and
his paternal great-grandfather Albert
(Abraham) Frishman.

Aug. 6
Gary Joel Stein and Monique
Zimmerman, formerly of Detroit,
announce the birth of the newest
addition to their family, a daughter,
Aliyah Rachel Stein. Aliyah is named
in loving memory our dear departed
friend Dr. Richard Neal Wayne of
Southfield and her maternal great-
grandmother Irena (Rachel)
Schlesinger. Aliyah has two proud sis-
ters, Ariel Leonora, named in loving
memory of her maternal grandmother
-Lisette Zimmerman; and Davida
Simone, named in loving memory of
her maternal grandfather, David
Zimmerman. Proud grandparents are
Lawrence and Beatrice Stein of
Farmington Hills.

Aug. 5
Michelle (Shapiro) and Richard
Menzer of Mansfield, Mass., are over-
joyed at the birth of their second son,
Jaden Samuel. Grandparents
Maureen (Pack) and Bob Shapiro,
formerly of West Bloomfield now of
Falls Church, Va., and Beverly and
Lester Menzer of Sharon, Mass., are
thrilled and proud of their new
grandson. Kvelling great-grandmoth-
ers are Kay Shapiro of Southfield; Eva
Pack, formerly of Southfield now of
Potomac, Md.; and Janette Menzer of
Sharon. Jaden is named in loving
memory of his great-grandfather Sam
Pack.

July 29
Diana (Ralsky) and Scott Bradley of
Farmington Hills welcome with much
love the birth of their son, Dylan
Parker (Daveed Hymie). Sharing in
their happiness are proud grandpar-
ents Irmie and Alan Ralksy of West
Bloomfield and Myrna and Joseph
Bradley of Farmington Hills. Dylan
Parker is named in loving memory of
his maternal great-grandfather David
Ralsky and his paternal great-grandfa-
ther Phil Bradley.

July 26
Becky (Gastman) and Andrew
Hayman of West Bloomfield wel-
come with much love the birth of
their son, Jonathan Louis (Chaim
Label Ben Simcha). Sharing in their
joy are grandparents Dr. Iry and Edi
Gastman and Stephen and Linda
Hayman. Proud great-grandparents
are Leon and Esther Halpern and
Adolph and. Susan Gastman.
Jonathan is named in loving memo-
ry of his paternal great-grandfather
John Hayman, paternal grandfather
Louis Hayman and maternal grand-
father Leonard Levin.

July 12
Beth (Katkowsky) and David
Contorer of Philadelphia, formerly
of Detroit, are thrilled to announce
the birth of their daughter, Danielle
Felice (Daniella Penina). Sharing in
their joy are excited grandparents
Suzanne and Harry Katkowsky of
Huntington Woods and Beverly and
Paul Contorer of Portland, Ore.
Proud great-grandparents are Ruth
Berkley of Southfield, Ann
Katkowsky of Coconut Creek, Fla.,
and Isadore and Dollye Katkowsky
of Delray Beach, Fla. Danielle is
named in loving memory of her
great-great-grandmother Fannie
Koss.

July 10
Andrea (Zack) and Charles Burg of
Bloomfield Township welcome with
much love the birth of their son,
Cameron Zack. Proud grandparents
are Joseph and Joyce Zack of Oak
Park, Judy Hertz and Karl Burg of
Pinckney. Cameron's great-grandpar-
ents are John and Lois Burg, also of
Pinckney.

June 24
Pauline Greenwald and Emil Izrailov
of West Bloomfield welcome with
much love the birth of their son,
Noah Eliezer. Also welcoming him
home is excited 3 1/2-year-old big
sister Marisa Jill. Sharing in their joy
are proud grandparents Carol
Greenwald of West Bloomfield and
Lazar and Nina Izrailov of
Birmingham. Also excited about
Noah's arrival are great-grandparents
Arthur and Florence Schultz of
Farmington Hills and Rose
Greenwald of Southfield. Noah is
named in honor of grandfather
Lazar and in loving memory of
great-grandfather William
Greenwald.

Bar/Bat Mitzvah

Sarah Lynn Combs celebrated her bat
mitzvah recently at Congregation Beit
Kodesh in Livonia.
Participating in
the Friday night ser-
vice with Sarah
were, president of
the synagogue, Jeff
Kirsch and a past
president, Milton
Goldman.
Sarah's parents,
Kenneth and Darlene Combs, were
proud of their daughter and her
brother Matthew. Grandmother
Combs from Ozark, Ark., attended as
did grandparents Tommy and Ilene
Salmons of Livonia and other relatives
and friends. Services were followed by
a kiddush hosted by Anita Catrell,
president of the sisterhood, and
Beatrice Breshgold.
Sarah participates in basketball and
the school choir at Clarenceville
Middle School in Livonia. After
school and on weekends she did corn-
munity service as a member of the
Disabled American Veterans Jr.
Auxiliary and she attended the 1999
state convention in Lansing.

Kara Davey, daughter of Lynn and
Bill Davey of Huntington Woods,
granddaughter of
Fay and Jerry Jacobs
of Farmington Hills
and Jose and Bill
Davey of Warren,
and sister of Erin,
will become a bat
mitzvah on Friday,
Sept. 3, at Temple
Emanu-El.
Kara is an honor student at Norup
Middle school in Oak Park. She
enjoys many sports especially precision
skating and swimming. Kara skates
with the Fraser Eclipse Precision
Skating team and swims with the
YPAC and Hurricane swim teams.
Her skating team won the national
gold medal in 1 998 and the silver
medal in 1999. Kara won the bronze
medal this summer for her 50-meter
breast stroke at the NSSL
Championship Meet. Kara also plays
the piano and oboe.
For her mitzvah project, Kara vol-
unteered at Menorah House and the
Oak Park Senior Center.

Joshua Ian Diskin, son of Dr. Jeffrey
and Cindy Diskin, grandson of Dr. and
Mrs. Mathew Borovoy, Mrs. Dorothy

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