_s i_owU SALE 50% OF For information on submitting an announcement, please visit mazeltov@thejewishnews or call (248) 351-5147 Nov. 16 Amy (Cole) and Danny Miller of Virginia Beach, Va., are thrilled to announce the birth of their son, Max Ryan (Mendel Israel). Welcoming Max home is his big sister, Hayden Nicole, 26 months. Sharing in their joy are proud grandparents, Linda and Jeff Golding of Farmington Hills and Barney and Caroline Miller of Virginia Beach. The proud great-grandparents are Fred and Rhoda Rapoport and Sidney and Adele Ashe. Max is also the great grandsonof the late Harriet Rapoport. He is named in memory of his paternal uncle Max Ashe and maternal great-grandfather Israel Burnstein. Oct. 28 Allen and Carol Sherman of Scottsdale, Ariz., joyfully announce the birth of their daughter, Ilana Wagner. Sharing in their joy is grand- mother Annie Harris of West Bloomfield. Ilana Wagner is named in loving memory of grandfa- ther Irving Sherman and great- grandmother Wilma Fishman. Sept. 1 Erin (Weisenthal) and David Epstein of Bloomfield Hills announce with much love the birth of their son, Jonah Seth (Jonah Set). Welcoming him home is his big brother Ben, 4 1 /2. Sharing in their joy are proud grandparents Herb Weisenthal of Sylvan Lake and Gail and Hershel Epstein of Orchard Lake. Jonah is named after his maternal and pater- nal great-grandmothers Sara Weisenthal and Sarah Gould. July 31 Michael and Robyn Kopitz of Parkland, Fla., welcome with much love the birth of their daughter, Sydney Maya. Welcoming Sydney home is big brother Evan, 10 and big sister Brooke, 8. Sharing in their joy are thrilled grandparents Gilda and Mark Kopitz of Farmington Hills and Linda and Alan Kaplan of Boca Raton, Fla. Also sharing in their hap- piness are great-grandmother Eve We welcome baby pictures! Kopitz of Southfield and great-grand- father Jack Kaplan of Delray Beach, Fla. Sydney is named in loving mem- ory of her paternal great-grandmoth- er Sarah Levine and maternal great- grandfather Murray Brown. Gt &kS c e, ei 6 400 2i0iAk - t GA-kk e, Daniel Jacob Fershtman will be called to the Torah as a bar mitzvah on Saturday, Dec. 18, at Temple Emamu-El. He is the son of Susan and Bruce Fershtman and brother of Jordan and Leah. Proud grandparents Milton and Beverly Dunn will share in the simchah. He is also the grandson of the late Norman and Jeanette Fershtman and the late Esther Fershtman. Daniel is a seventh-grade student at Berkshire Middle School in Beverly Hills. He and his family will enjoy his bar mitzvah in Israel on Masada as part of a family tour. His mitzvah projects included packing boxes at Yad Ezra in Berkley and working as a teen volunteer at Safety Town in Birmingham. Samantha Grace Fine will be called to the Torah as a bat mitzvah on Saturday, Dec. 18, at Congregation B'nai Moshe. She is the daughter of Elyse and Steven Fine and the sister of Hannah. Her excited grandpar- ents are Ethel and Nate Fine and Anita and Jack Lampcov. Samantha is an honor student at Orchard Lake Middle School in West Bloomfield. She performs many mitzvot, including donating her hair to Locks of Love and weekly donations to Yad Ezra in Berkley. For her bat mitzvah, she participated in the Michigan Anti-Cruelty Society's Pooch Prance as well as being a peer pal at school. David Fiszbein, son of Lisa and Michael Fiszbein, celebrated his bar mitzvah when he read from the Torah Oct. 30 at Temple Emanuel in Tempe, Ariz. He is the grandson of Charlotte and Arthur Fiszbein of Farmington Hills. B'NAI MITZVAH on page 64 , 560 N. Old Woodward Avenue Next door to Annie Dauphinee (248) 594-3822 Mon-Wed 10am-5:30pm • Thurs 10am-7pm • Fri 10am-5:30pm • Sat 10am-Spm • Sun I2pm-4pm Control Your Closet DESIGN • INSTALLATION • SERVICE fid/;,_2(#0,/, -- CLOSET DESIGNS "The only call you need to make for the perfect closet." Phone (248) 851.2804 for a personal appointment www.closetdesigitsmet 890800 VIP Craig Singer M.D. Certified Mohel i nto Traditional bris entrusted to the hands of a pediatrician. Charles Barrett Howard with big sister Gillian home: 248-626-6868 pager: 248-317-0417 website www.brismdcom PARTY LAYNE (),,Ilene t panty Intim ...ad Vile bun, mum ericIA I BOOK NOW! (8661763-5563 Beverly Hills, CA • West Bloomfield, MI p a rtylayne.co i i i1 $1000 OFF WITH THIS COUPON ANY MC/DJ PACKAG Offer valid for packages $3095 and higher. Not valid with any other offer. Coupon valid through December 31, 2004 0 CANTOR SAMUEL GREENBAUM Certified Mohel — Skill, Sensitivity and Tradition come together to create your special Bris. . Personalized Baby Namings! (248) 855-A BOY (2269) Office: (248) 547-7970 EFIM PHILIP STRUMBAN perfectnow@excite.corn 920320 DUMP FRP SUBSCRIPTION 248.351.5174 1 2/17 2004 63