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Combining 2 Loves

Sarah's mitzvah projects help animals, Israeli school.

LEONARD POGER

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arah Richard likes to help animals and kids. She
had a chance to do both as part of her bat mitz-
vah projects.
In one instance, she volunteers for the Silver Lake
Animal Rescue League. In the other, Sarah solicited
contributions of school supplies for a school near
Jerusalem, which she and her family will visit in July as
part of a two-week trip to Israel.
Sarah, who marked her 13th birthday on June 24,
celebrated her bat mitzvah May 27 at Temple Emanu-
El in Oak Park. She is the daughter of Karen and Jay
Richard of Oak Park.
Sarah has always wanted to help animals and might
be a veterinarian some day. A second career choice is to
be a teacher.
Owner of an adopted cat, named Pepper, since she
was in the first grade, Sarah has worked for the past
nine months for the Waterford Township-based Silver
lake Animal Rescue League, handling a variety of

June 17
Kristyn (Perlman) and Brad Kaplan of
Chicago are very happy to announce the
birth of their daughter, Alexis Howard.
Sharing in their joy are grandparents
Barbara and Alan Kaplan of Farmington
Hills and Lynda and Philip Perlman of
Sylvania, Ohio. Delighted great-grand-
mothers are Devora Finsilver of West
Bloomfield, June Huffman and Irma
Perlman, both of Sylvania. Alexis is
named in loving memory of her paternal
great-grandfather Howard Finsilver.

June 5
Michael and Elizabeth Medvinsky wel-
come their daughter, Dahlia Annaliese
Medvinsky with
love and joy. Sharing
their bliss are grand-
parents Felix and
Raisa Medvins ky,
Bob and Jackie
Wiggins, great-
grandparents Yefim
and Genya
Medvinsky, Elaine
Medvinsky
Held, Jean Wiggins.

May12
Dr. Ronald and Julie (Feldman) Hirsch
of West Bloomfield are delighted to
announce the birth of their daughter,
Melanie Joelle (Naomi Malka).
Welcoming Melanie home are enthusias-
tic big sisters Rachel and Stacey. Proud
grandparents are Linda and Murray
Feldman of West Bloomfield and

chores at the PetSmart business in Rochester. The
organization accepts small animals and places them
with foster families.
Sarah's love of animals is a family affair. Her mother
and grandmother are involved in dog shows.
Mrs. Richard said the family got the idea of helping
an Israeli school through contacts with the Youth
Aliyah organization in Israel. With help from Hebrew
school classmate Avery Drongowski, Sarah organized a
campaign to have school supplies donated at the May
27 Shabbat service.
Family and friends also contributed to the five boxes
of school supplies for the Kiryat Yearim village school.
The Richard family will deliver the boxes of crayons,
markers, rulers, pens, paper, scissors and other school
supplies during their visit next month.
Sarah recently completed the seventh grade at
Norup Middle School in the Berkley School District,
where she is an honor student and member of its vol-
leyball team. She also is active in her temple's youth
choir and youth group. El

Margie and Michael Hirsch of
Commerce Township. Excited great-
grandparents are Rae Doll-man Weiss of
Farmington Hills and Shirley and Bob
Willens of West Bloomfield. Melanie's
Hebrew name was chosen in loving
memory of her maternal great-great-
grandmother Norma Manko.

May 7
Lara and Marc Feldman of Pepper Pike,
Ohio, are delighted to announce the
birth of their daughter, Jordyn Elise
(Ashira Gitel). Proud grandparents are
Linda and Murray Feldman of West
Bloomfield and Drs. Brooke and James
Wolf of Pepper Pike. Excited great-
grandmothers are Rae Dorfman Weiss
of Farmington Hills and Dr. Florence
Matthews of Shaker Heights, Ohio.
Jordyn's Hebrew name was chosen in
loving memory of her great-grandmoth-
ers Jesse Wolf and Gertrude Feldman.

May 5
Tanja Harrison and Leo Lieberman
announce the birth of their daughter,
Sasha Anne
Lieberman. Proud
grandparents are
Elaine and Beau
Levine of West
Bloomfield, Deanna
and Darryl
Lieberman, Sandy
and David
Harrison, Crystal
Lieberman
Harrison and Jack

Sarah Richard enjoys her cat, Pepper.

Kersting. Sasha is named after Simon
Harrison and Anne Levine Weiss.

May 1
Dr. Tracey Oppenheim and Dr. Iva
Smolens are excited to announce the
birth of their beautifiil daughter, Jordyn
Smolens Oppenheim (Yehudit). Sharing
in their joy are
grandparents
Douglas and Carole
Oppenheim of West
Bloomfield, Susan
and Larry Ritter of
White Plains, N.Y,
great-grandmother
Oppenheim
Ruby Oppenheim
of Sterling Heights
and ecstatic great-grandmother Estelle
Makrouer of West Bloomfield. Jordyn is
also the granddaughter of the much-
missed Joseph Smolens and is named for
her beloved maternal grandmother Joyce
Oppenheim.

April 12
Rebecca (Katz) and Jason Erlich of
Chicago announce with love the birth of
their daughter, Samantha Ryan. Sharing
in their joy are grandparents Sue and
Sheldon Erlich of Bloomfield Hills and
Ellyn and JimKatz of Highland Park,
Ill. Samantha is the great-granddaughter
of Eve Erlich of Southfield and Phyllis
Kaplan of Milwaukee, Wis. Samantha is
named in loving memory of her paternal
great-grandmother Sadie Saferstein and
her maternal uncle Robert Katz.

Feb. 9
Jennifer and David
Findling of
Birmingham
announce with
much love the birth
of their son, Noah
Alexander Findling.
Also sharing in
Findling
their joy are grand-
parents George and Carole Basmadjian
of Troy, Fred and Luba Findling of
Farmington, Vin and Gisele Pavone of
Palm Desert, Calif., and great-grand-
mother Dona Maxwell of Pensacola,
Fla.

NiQVANNEISSINIt.

Thea Rose Lemberger was called to the
Torah as a bat mitzvah Saturday, June
4, at Temple Beth Shir Shalom in
Santa Monica,
Calif. She is the
daughter of Nance
Rosen and the late
Lester Lemberger
and the sister of
Logan and Jake.
Her grandparents
are Al Rosen of
Farmington Hills
and the late Shirley
(Suzanne) RoSen.
Thea is an honor student at Lincoln
Middle School. Her mitzvah work
included 10,000 Kites, Hunters Hope
Foundation and Mogan David Adom.

JILT

6/30
2005

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