Community

Births

Oct. 9
Kimberly and Matthew Morgan wel-
come with all their love the birth of
their second son, Trevor Dylan
(Motke Avraham). Welcoming him
home is adoring big brother Tyler
Douglas. Sharing in their happiness
is proud grandma Deborah Guss.
Trevor is also the grandchild of the
late Stephen Resnick. Delighted
great-grandparents are David and
Sophie Guss of Tamarac, Fla., for-
merly of Oak Park, and William
Resnick of Oak Park. He is also the
great-grandson of the late Mignon
Resnick. Trevor is named in loving
memory of his maternal great-great-
uncle Max Laurie.

Oct. 2
Amy (Salesin) and Adam Gershwin
of Los Angeles welcome with all
their love the birth of their daughter,
Kate Rose Gershwin (Hannah
Rebecca). Sharing in their joy are
Kate's big brother Noah, 2; grand-
parents Sue and Mike Salesin of
West Bloomfield; Andrea Gershwin
of Los Angeles and Marc Gershwin
of New York; and great-grandmoth-
ers Anne Sloman of West Bloomfield
and Judy Gershwin of New York.
Kate Rose is named in loving memo-
ry of great-aunt Hannah Karbal,
great-grandmother Betty Salesin and
great-great-grandmother Rose
Gershwin.

Oct. 2
Lauren (Budd) and Richard Altman
of West Bloomfield welcome with
love the birth of their daughter,
Hannah Jewel (Yachova Esti).
Sharing the joy are grandparents Rita
Budd of Boca Raton, Fla., and
Shirley Altman of Troy and her
fiance Herman Dolinka. Hannah is
named in loving memory of her
maternal grandfather Harvey Budd,
paternal grandfather Jerry Altman,
maternal great-grandmother Ethel
Weinberger and paternal great-
grandfather John Hershman.

Sept. 28
Abbey Frank and Rabbi Marc Israel
of Washington, D.C., welcome with
love the birth of their daughter,
Elianna Yakova. Sharing in their
happiness are proud grandparents
Jerry and Carol Israel of Bloomfield
Hills and Jerry and Judy Frank of
Potomac, Md. Also sharing in their
joy are great-grandmothers Vera

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Israel of Cleveland and Ruth
Nagelbush of Southfield. Elianna
Yakova is named in honor of her
maternal great-grandmother Anna
Michlis Reich and her paternal
great-grandfather Jack Israel. Elianna
in Hebrew means, "my God has
answered."

Sept. 21
Lisa Markman and Jay Winegarden
of Chicago are delighted to
announce the birth of their beautiful
daughter, Emma Jolie (Yocheved
Esther). Sharing in their happiness
are grandparents Linda and Barry
Markman of Farmington Hills and
Ronnee and Jerry Winegarden of
Flint. Emma is named in loving
memory of her maternal great-
grandfather Jerome Markman.

Sept. 20
Susan Knoppow and David
Saperstein of Huntington Woods are
delighted to announce the birth of
their son, Samuel Isaac Knoppow
Saperstein. Welcoming him home is
big sister Miriam, 2 1/2. Sharing in
their joy are grandparents Sharon
and Jerry Knoppow of West
Bloomfield and Lynda and Dr.
Stanley Saperstein of Encino, Calif.,
and great-grandmother Mary Katz of
West Bloomfield. Samuel Isaac is
named in loving memory of his
paternal great-grandmother Shirley
Saperstein and his maternal great-
grandfather Isaac Knoppow.

Sept. 19
Lesley (Rosen) and Jeff Koski are
thrilled to announce the birth of
their second son, Alec Grant Koski.
Sharing in the joy is big brother
Evan Koski, 5. Proud grandparents
are William and Alice Rosen and
Edward and Peggy Koski. Alec is
named in loving memory of his
maternal great-great-grandfather and
his paternal great-grandfather.

Aug. 4
Ruth (Share) and Bert Haisma of
Henderson, Nev., are delighted to
announce the birth of their daugh-
ter, Jamie Michelle. Sharing their
happiness are grandparents Bob and
Beverly Share of West Bloomfield.
Proud great-grandparents are Edith
Mosten of Oak Park and Marty and
Libbie Share of Southfield. Jamie is
named in loving memory of her
great-grandfather Joseph Mosten and
great-great-aunt Mollie Schuster.

Bar/Bat Mitzvah

Kyle Laine Astrein will be called to
the Torah as a bat mitzvah on
Friday, Oct. 27, at
Temple Israel. She
is the daughter of
Jody and Gary
Astrein and sister of
Nolan. Excited
grandmothers are
Irene Astrein and
Eunice Galperin.
She is also the
grandchild of the
late Cyril Astrein and the late
Aaron Galperin.
An honor student at Derby
Middle School in Birmingham,
Kyle likes softball, tennis, basketball
and volleyball as well as playing the
saxophone. She found it very
rewarding to volunteer at the
Michigan Humane Society for the
past three years as an ongoing mitz-
vah project.

David Epstein of West Bloomfield
will be called to the Torah as a bar
mitzvah at
Congregation
Shaarey Zedek
B'nai Israel on
Saturday, Oct. 28.
Rabbi Leonardo
Bitran will lead the
services. Proud par-
ents Eileen and
Phil Epstein and
older brother Mike will also partici-
pate. Excited grandparents are Jack
and Loretta Knispel of Flushing,
N.Y. Dave's kvelling great-grand-
mother is Lilly Gorsky of Encino,
Calif.
Dave is an honor student at
Abbott Middle School in West
Bloomfield. He enjoys playing the
piano, golf, writing music and
wakeboarding on the family boat.
Dave's most enjoyable mitzvah pro-
ject was his volunteer service last
summer at the synagogue's Beth
Hayeled nursery school.

Gabriel Aaron Friedman will be
called to the Torah as a bar mitzvah
on Saturday, Oct. 28, at
Congregation Beth Ahm. Gabe is
the son of Paul and Olga Friedman.
His grandparents are Dr. Joseph
and Lillian Friedman and Anatoly
and Vitalia Kronik, all metro
Detroiters. Gabe's great-grandmoth-
er Mrs. Mirra Vorobyev and her
husband Dr. Ilya Gurevitch of New
York plan to attend.

Gabe attends Hillel Day School
of Metropolitan Detroit in
Farmington Hills.
His interests
include Tae Kwon
Do, computer sci-
ences and collect-
ing rare and
unusual crystals.
Starr Elizabeth
Friedman will
become a bat mitz-
vah at Temple Shir Shalom on
Saturday, Oct. 28. On the bimah
with her will be her parents Susan
and Kenneth Friedman, brothers
Zachary and Tyler, grandparents
Eileen and Murray Friedman and
Cyrille Goode, as well as aunts,
uncles and cousins. Starr is also the
granddaughter of the late Jason A.
Goode.
Starr is a high honor student at
Berkshire Middle School in
Birmingham, where she plays clar-
inet in the band and has the lead
role of Cinderella in the current fall
production. Her mitzvah projects
included several days of volunteer-
ing at Wing Lake School, working
with children with special needs.
Starr enjoys piano, skiing, scuba
diving, softball and summers - at
Camp Tamarack.

Ilyssa Brin Golani will be called to
the Torah as a bat mitzvah on
Saturday, Oct. 28,
at Temple Israel.
She is the daughter
of Lori Golani and
Belous Golani and
sister of Megan.
Grandparents are
Nettie Fox,
Nanajan and Vasil
Golani. She is also
the granddaughter
of the late Milton Fox.
A student at Meads Mill Middle
School in Northville, Ilyssa enjoys
swimming, dance, singing in the
choir, acting and playing the flute.
Her most meaningful mitzvah pro-
ject involved volunteering at an
eastside emergency shelter for
women and children.

Elizabeth Ann Heavenrich celebrat-
ed her bat mitzvah on Friday, Oct.
20, with the Workmen's
Circle/Arbeter Ring. Friends and
family joined Lizzie, her parents
Diane M. Urquhart and Richard
M. Heavenrich, brother Benjamin
James, sister Hannah Rose and
proud grandparents Louis and