Mazel Toy!

Camp Romance

Engaged couple met
as teens at Tamarack.

in Ortonville. They started dat-
Don Cohen
Special to the Jewish News ing a year later.

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indsay Spolan and Dan
Pinchuk could easily
be described as happy
campers — literally. The 26-
year-olds, who plan to marry
next fall, were high school stu-
dents when they met 10 years
ago.
Despite Lindsay living in the
Detroit area and Dan being in
Montreal, they hit it off quickly
as Camp Tamarack teen staffers

March 27

Stacey (Haron) and Ryan
O'Connor of Brighton are delight-
ed to announce the birth of their
second child, Emily Grace.
Big sister Alison, 19 months,
thinks this may work out very
well. Sharing in their happiness
are grandparents Marty and
Lois Haron of Farmington Hills
and Joe and Ginny O'Connor of
Dunedin, Fla. Emily is named in
loving memory of her paternal
great-grandmother Geraldine
Haron.

March 2
Wendy (Cohen) and Michael
Dorfman of West Bloomfield
are thrilled to announce
the birth of their daughter,
Lindsey Camdyn (Sara
Rani). Welcoming Lindsey
home is big brother Hayden.
Very excited grandparents are
Lenore and Stanley Dorfman of
Bloomfield Hills, Marlene Cohen
of Farmington Hills and Edward
Cohen of West Bloomfield. Also
sharing in their joy is great-
grandmother Bertha Cohen.
Lindsey is named in loving
memory of her paternal great-
grandmother Celia (Dorfman)
Silverman, maternal great-great-
grandmother Sara Cowan and

Actually, that first connection
at Tamarack was serendipitous:
Both had experiences at other
camps and wanted to have a
different camping experience
that summer. Lindsay had pre-
viously attended a camp near
Charlevoix, while Dan had gone
to a camp near Montreal.
"Both of us wanted to do
something different that sum-
mer so we decided to join the
teen service staff at Tamarack:'
Lindsay said.

family friend Robert Stein.

March 1
Rachel (Erlich) and Michael
Kamin. of Novi are excited to
announce the birth of their son,
Jared Sol (Shlomo Aharon).
Proud grandparents are Merle
and Barry Erlich
of Glen Ellyn, Ill.,
and Elaine and
Fred Kamin of
East Greenwich,
R.I. Also sharing
in their joy are
Kamin
great-grand-
parents Sarah and Sam Rovel
of Delray Beach, Fla., and Anne
Goldfine of Providence, R.I. Jared
is named in loving memory of
his paternal great-grandfather
Sol Kamin.

Feb. 21

Emily and Peter Levin of
Birmingham proudly announce
the birth of their son, Parker
Zeke (Avraham).
Joyful grand-
parents are
Ingrid and Sid
Grossberg of
West Bloomfield
and Marilyn and
Levin
Martin Levin
of Royal Oak. Parker's middle

Dan learned about Camp
Tamarack from some of his
older brother's friends in
Montreal. They became good
friends that first summer but it
wasn't until the next summer,
serving as counselors, that "we
realized that we had a definite
connection," Lindsay said.
They spent four summers
together working as counselors.
When both were 17, they started
seriously dating, although it
began as a long-distance rela-
tionship. Lindsay was attend-
ing the University of Michigan
in Ann Arbor and Dan was
at Concordia University in
Montreal.
They took turns traveling
back and forth by car, train or
plane every four to six weeks.
Two years ago, Dan accepted a
job transfer to Chicago, where •
Lindsay was already working.

name is derived from his pater-
nal great-grandfather Zilman
Abrams. His Hebrew name is
from his maternal great-grandfa-
ther Albert Boodin.

Jan. 18

Lori (Weber) and David Ettinger
of Alexandria, Va., are thrilled to
announce the birth of their son,
Jaimey Loren. Welcoming him
home with lots of kisses is big
sister Sevillana, 31/2. Very excited
grandparents are Barbara and
Mickey Nemer
of Franklin, Lisa
and Fred Weber
of Fisher Island,
Fla., and Sasha
and Burt Ettinger
of Jericho, N.Y.
Sharing in their
joy are great-grandparents
Golda and Dr. Harry Weber. of
Southfield and Fay and Meyer
•
Berkelhammer of Deerfield
Beach, Fla. Jaimey is named in
loving memory of his maternal
great-grandmother Jocelyn
Lorraine Canvasser.

Dec. 19
Stephanie (Warren) and Daniel
Harold of West Bloomfield are
delighted to announce . the birth
of their son, Ryan Emanuel

"When you know it's
the right person," said
Dan, "you stick with
that person through the
difficult times caused
by long-distance — no
matter what."
The couple, plan-
ning to marry Sept. 9
in Rochester, bought a
condo in Chicago last
spring.
Professionally, they also have
a common background. Dan is
a Midwest advertising account
manager at the Progressive
Farmer magazine, owned
by Time Inc. Lindsay holds
the same position at Nick Jr. •
Family Magazine, owned
by Nickelodeon, the children's
cable-TV channel.
Lindsay was bat mitzvah at
Temple Shir Shalom in West
Bloomfield. She was one of

(Leizer Emanuel). Proud grand-
parents are Janis and Larry
Warren of Farmington Hills and
Susan and David Harold of West
Bloomfield. Sharing in their joy
are great-grand-
parents Sylvia
Baker of West
Bloomfield and
Zelda and Joseph
Klaiman of
Southfield. Ryan
Harold
is named in lov-
ing memory of maternal great-
grandfather Emanuel Morton
Baker and paternal great-great-
uncle Leizer Zawel Koplowicz.

Dec. 18
Jill and Jason Hechtman of
Tampa, Fla., are delighted to
announce the birth of their
daughter, Emma Rachel. Proud
grandparents are Barbara and
Michael Hechtman of Waterford
and Susan and
Bob Levine of
Tampa. Also wel-
coming Emma
are great-grand-
mothers Mollye
Hechtman of
Hechtman
West Bloomfield
and Peggy Schiffman of Atlanta,
Ga. Emma Rachel is named in
loving memory of her paternal

Dan Pinchuk and

Lindsay-Spolan

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only four teens on Federation's
first Detroit Miracle Mission
to Israel. She was also on the
March of the Living to Poland
and Israel in 1997.
Lindsay's parents, Hilary and
Barry Spolan, now live in White
Lake Township. Dan's parents
are Gerry and Maureen Pinchuk
of Montreal.

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great-grandmother Esther Silver
and maternal great-grandfather
Richard Schiffman.

The bat mitzvah ceremony of
Monica Brooke Weiss of
Marietta, Ga., was held Saturday,
March 25, at Temple Beth Tikvah.
She is the daughter of Scott and
Marci Weiss and the sister of
Alexanclia,
16, and Jake,
9. She is
the grand-
daughter
of Dr. Allen
and Marilyn
Weiss of
Bloomfield
Weiss
Hills and
Phil and
Jean Elkus
of Farmington Hills.
Monica, a seventh-grader at
Dickerson Middle School, dedi-
cated her service to the memory
of her grandfather Philip Bakst.
She made and donated fleece
blankets to Prevent Child Abuse
Georgia for parents of newborns.

April 13

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