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Anniversaries
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Have Wedding,
Will Travel
SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN
StaffWriter
S
andy Singal was not going to miss seeing her
daughter Shifra marry Elie Schreiber — even
if she was confined to her hospital room on
the wedding day.
Suffering from a chronic illness and hospitalized for
seven months, Singal said, "I had really hoped all along
I would be out by then, but I was in the CCU and my
doctors wouldn't let me go."
That's when her friends and family went to work.
"They said they were going to find a way for me to be
a part of the wedding," said Singal of Oak Park. 'And
they did."
On the day of the wedding last year, her Providence
Hospital room in Southfield was converted into a pri-
vate, mini-wedding hall — complete with white and
gold balloons provided by Singal's nurses, who also
camouflaged medical equipment under a large, white
sheet.
"First my friends came to the hospital, and along
with the nurses, did my hair and makeup," she said.
"Then they helped me get dressed in a gown that was
made to match the ones worn by the others in the
bridal party."
Next, videographer Kerry Silver of Oak Park and
New Arrivals
Jan. 8
Jeffrey and Jennifer Berman of Lansing
welcome with love the birth of their
son, Jacob Matthew (Yakov Moshe).
Waiting with hugs and kisses is 3-year-
old sister Elaina Paige. Sharing in their
joy are grandparents Vicki and Alex
Berman of West Bloomfield, Donna
and Henry Otis and Dan and Merry
Hall, all of Iron Mountain. Excited
great-grandparents are Ida Jerris, Rena •
and Joseph Berman and Carl
Lindholm. Jacob is named in loving
memory of his paternal great-grandfa-
ther Morris Jerris and maternal . great-
grandfather Joseph McCormick.
Dec. 26
Stacey (Hoffer) and Jason Weckstein of
Champaign, Ill., welcome with love
the birth of their son, Benjamin
Michael (Benyamin Michal). Sharing
in their joy are grandparents Laura and
Dan Hoffer of Southfield and
Charlene and Malcolm Weckstein of
Farmington Hills. He is named in lov-
ing memory of his maternal great-
grandfather Ben Hoffer and paternal
great-grandmother Mary Trager.
Singal's son Ephraim (Neil) Singal of
Southfield worked technological
magic.
"We hooked up the television in
her room to video equipment that -
allowed her to watch and hear the
wedding as it happened, with guests
wishing her mazel tov — from the
wedding — through the video,"
Ephraim Singal said.
Singal watched her TV screen in
the company of a constant flow of
visitors who drove the few blocks
between the Ramada Inn in
On their wedding day, Elie and Shifra Schreiber with Shifra's parents,
Southfield, where the wedding was
Sandyand
Larry Singal, in Sandy's hospital room.
being held, and the hospital. "People
who went to see her brought me little
Shifra Schreiber. "When I walked into my mother's
notes she wrote to me," said Shifra Schreiber who now
room, the nurses all gathered around to see my moth-
lives with her husband in Chicago.
er's reaction."
When it was time for the bedeken, where the groom
"I was almost there," said Singal,
-
who is now back
veils his bride, Schreiber and a group of male guests —
home and feeling much better. "It was unbelievable. I
including Singal's husband, Larry — came to the hos-
watched everything live right as it happened. It was like
pital. They danced their way inside, singing quietly
I saw my daughter get married on national televi-
until they reached Singal's room, where the bride and
sion." ❑
her attendants had already arrived.
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"When I walked into the hospital in my wedding
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gown, people started pointing at me and gasping," said
of his very special great-uncle Marvin
Canner.
Dec. 5
Alizah (Serling) and Adam Forman of
Royal Oak are excited to announce the
birth of their daughter, Alexis Erin
(Osna Aharonah). Sharing in their joy
are delighted grandparents Elaine and
Michael Serling of West Bloomfield
and Linda and Joel Forman of
Farmington Hills. Proud great-grand-
parents Bess Stone, Seymour Serling
and Pauline Robb welcome her as well.
She is also the great-granddaughter of
the late Annette Serling, the late Philip
Stone, the late Florence and Harry
Feldman, the late Samuel Forman and
the late Daniel Robb. Alexis is named
in loving memory of her maternal
great-grandmother Annette Serling and
her paternal great-grandfather Harry
Feldman.
Nov. 8
Sheri (Nudell) and Jon Goldstein of
Green Acres, Fla., are thrilled to
announce the birth of their son,
Ashton Jake (Natan Chaim).
Welcoming Ashton home with hugs
and kisses is big brother Jaclyn, 2 1 /2.
Proud grandparents are Linda and
Howard Nudell of Farmington Hills
and Roberta and Louis Goldstein of
Boca Raton, Fla. Ashton Jake is named
in loving memory of his paternal great-
grandfather Nathan FastNand his
maternal great-grandfather Hyman
Nudell.
Nov. 13
Dawn and Jeffrey Freed of Wixom
proudly announce the birth of their
son, Logan Matthew Freed.
Welcoming Logan home are very excit-
ed big brothers Jacob, 7, and Garrett,
2 1 /2 . Loving grandparents are Shirley
and Jack Freed, Frances and Richard
Detmar and Danny Nichols. Logari
Matthew is named in loving memory
Eric Ross Altman, son of Cheryl and
Jim Altman, will cel-
ebrate his bar mitz-
vah on Friday, Jan.
30, at Temple Israel.
He is the brother of
Alex and the grand-
son of Ruth Finkel.
He is also the grand-
child of the late Sam
Bar/Bat Mitzvah
Finkel and the late Zora and Morris
Altman.
An honor student at Orchard Lake
Middle School in West Bloomfield,
Eric volunteers at the Friendship
Circle, teaching sports to children with
special needs, as an ongoing mitzvah
project. He also will donate funds from
his bar mitzvah gifts to this program.
Rachel Irene Belsky, daughter of Janet
and Andrew Belsky, will celebrate her
bat mitzvah Saturday, Jan. 31, at
Congregation Beth Ahm. She is the
sister of Elizabeth. Proud grandparents
are Rena and Dave Kresch and Iry and
Sondra Belsky. She is also the grand-
. daughter of the late
Irene Belsky.
Rachel is a double
honor student at
Hillel Day School of
Metropolitan
Detroit in
Farmington Hills.
Her mitzvah projects
included Dor I2Dor,
Friendship Circle and planting flowers
and sukkah building at a JARC house.
BAR/BAT MITZVAH on page 53
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