Mazel Toy!

June 4
Ellen (Kogan) and Barry
Finestone of Cincinnati welcome
with much love
the birth of their
daughter, Mia
Tal (Michal Tal).
Sharing in their
joy are proud big
sister Gabrielle
and big brother
Ethan, grandpar-
ents Rayna and Natalio Kogan of
West Bloomfield, Jackie Steingold
and David Finestone of Glasgow,
Scotland. Mia Tal is named in
loving memory of her paternal
great-grandmother Rachel Taylor.

June 3
Amy (Sabbota) and Bryan
Gottlieb of Huntington Woods
announce with much love the
birth of their daughter, Joely
Sarah (Yael Sara). Welcoming
Joely home is big sister Bella, 22
months. Sharing in their joy are
proud grandparents Elaine and
Harvey Sabbota of Southfield
and Arlene and Alan Gottlieb of
West Bloomfield. Delighted great-
grandparents are Gloria and
Alvin Dunn of West Bloomfield.
Joely is named in loving memory
of her maternal great-grand-
mother Sarah Sabbota.

May 24
Lynne (Cohn) and Avy Schreiber
of Southfield are thrilled to
announce the birth of their son,
Yeshaya Matan, brother of Asher
Melech, 4, and Eliana Nechama,
2 1/2. Grandparents are Norm
and Sonny Cohn of Farmington
Hills and Bert and Rita Schreiber
of Southfield and excited great-
grandmother is Sheila Schussler
of Farmington Hills. Yeshaya
Matan is named in loving memo-
ry of his paternal great-grandfa-
ther Sidney Cohn (Shaya Velvel).

May 9
Beth (Sabbota) and Avi Adler of
Southfield welcome with much
love the birth of their son, Micah
Adam (Nechemiah). Welcoming
Micah home are big sister and
brothers Alyssa and Noah, 8,
Ethan, 4, and Aaron, 21 months.
Sharing in their joy are proud
grandparents Elaine and Harvey
Sabbota of Southfield and Lona
and Bernard Adler of White
Plains, N.Y. Delighted great-
grandmother is Tillie Adler of
Lawrence, N.Y. Micah is named

in loving memory of his mater-
nal great-grandfather Hyman
Sabbota.

Mayo
Jill (Kofender) Schram and
Anthony Schram are delighted
to announce the birth of their
son, Adin Maddox (Moshe).
Welcoming Adin home is big sis-
ter Chloe Alexa,
3. Adin is the
adored grandson
of Marvin and
Judy Kofender
and Sandra
Schram. He is
also the grandson
of the late Calvin
Schram. Proud
great-grandmothers are Lillian
Wolfson and Belle Schram. Adin
is named in loving memory of his
paternal great-grandfathers Max
Gottlieb and Mitchell Schram and
his maternal great-grandmother
Minnie Kofender.

May 1
Alyssa (Dunn) and Eric
Endelman of West Bloomfield are
thrilled to announce the birth of
their son, Ethan Jonah (Shalom
Yonah). Sharing in their joy are
grandparents
Linda Settler of
West Bloomfield,
formerly of
Rockville, Md.,
Leonard and
Deborah Dunn of
Endelman
Palm Harbor, Fla.,
and Sandra and
Earle Endelman
of Bloomfield Hills. Also welcom-
ing Ethan into the family is mater-
nal great-grandmother Sylvia
Miner of Pembroke Pines, Fla.
Ethan is named in loving memory
of his paternal great-grandmother
Eleanor Ralph, paternal great-
grandfather Shalom Ralph and
maternal great-grandfather
Joseph Miner.

April 21
Audrey (Skawski) and Jay
Bressler of West
Bloomfield
proudly
announce the
birth of their
daughter, Lea
Jane (Elianna
Yonina), sister
Bressler
to Mercedes,
Sydney and
Dylan. Happy grandparents are

Roz Bressler of West Bloomfield,
Walter and Connie Skawski of
Warren and Pam Coughlin of
Highlands Ranch, Colo. Proud
great-grandparents are Helen
Radin-Mayer of West Bloomfield,
Walter Skawski Sr. of Sterling
Hts. and Ingrid and Manolo
Ortez of St. Clair Shores. Lea Jane
is named in loving memory of
her grandfather Louis Bressler
and great-grandmother Jane
Skawski.

April 16
Karen Benjamin and Jordan
Smith of
Bloomfield
Hills joyfully
announce the
birth of their
son, Reid
Benjamin
Smith (Ronan
Shai). Reid was
welcomed home
by excited big brothers Carter, 5,
and Graham, 2. Also welcoming
Reid were thrilled grandparents
Barbara and Norman Benjamin
of Farmington Hills and Gaye
and Martin Smith of West
Bloomfield. Reid's Hebrew names
were chosen for their meaning,
"gift of music?"

Eden Arielle Chrostowski,
daughter of Melanie Conn and
Gil Chrostowski, will celebrate her
bat mitzvah Saturday, June 24, at
Temple Israel.
She is the sister
of Leah, Noah,
Adam and her
stepbrothers
are Brandon
(Alison),
Thomas
(Laurie) and
Chrostowski
Shawn. Her
proud grand-
parents are Jeannie and Leonard
Chrostowski. She is also the
grandchild of the late Phyllis and
the late Albert Conn.
Attending Clifford Smart
Middle School in Walled Lake,
she chose to volunteer during a
rummage sale at Hadassah House
in West Bloomfield as one of her
mitzvah projects.

Ron Matthew Israel became a
bar mitzvah on Saturday, June
17, at Congregation Beth Ahm.
He is the son of Marcie and
Ashley Israel and brother of Ryan,

Mara, Joshua
and Rachel.
Thrilled
grandparents
are Jeanette
and Seymour
Weissman,
Patricia and
Israel
Walter Felman
and great-
grandmother Fay Wynbourne.
Ron is a student at Hillel Day
School of Metropolitan Detroit
in Farmington Hills. His mitzvah
projects include working with
Farmington Hills-based JARC.

Eliana Hersha Neuman will
be called to the Torah as a bat
mitzvah on Saturday, June 24, at
Congregation Shaarey Zedek
Southfield.
She is the
daughter of
Hilda and Phil
Neuman of
Farmington
Hills and the
sister of Missy
Neuman
and Josh.
Her proud
grandparents are Al Schwartz of
Farmington Hills and Barbara
and Don Neuman of Iron River,
Mich. She is also the granddaugh-
ter of the late Becky Schwartz.
Elie's great-grandparents are
Evalyn and Louis Heavenrich of
Huntington Woods.
Elie is a seventh-grade stu-
dent at Warner Middle School
in Farmington Hills. Her most
meaningful mitzvah project has
been volunteering at Alterra in
Farmington Hills, working with
Alzheimer's patients.

Stephanie Sanders will be
called to the Torah as a bat
mitzvah on Saturday, June 24, at
Congregation Beth Shalom. She
is the daughter
of Jill and Craig
Sanders and
the grand-
daughter of
Irwin and Sue
Small and
Herb and Sally
Sanders. She
Sanders
is the younger
sister of
Michael Sanders.
Stephanie is a seventh-grade
student at Warner Middle School
in Farmington Hills. A favorite
mitzvah project was planting flow-
ers at a JARC home with her mom.

Jacob Marc Silver will be called
to the Torah as a bar mitzvah
on Saturday, June 24, at Temple
Emanu-El. He is the son of Teri
and Neal Silver and brother of
Jordan and
Zachary. His
very proud
grandparents
are Vivian and
Sidney Silver
and Jane Sahn.
He is also
Silver
the grandson
of the late
Nathan Sahn.
Jacob attends Berkshire Middle
School in Beverly Hills. His mitz-
vah projects included spending
time with seniors at Lincoln
Towers as part of the SPARK pro-
gram.

Jill Lauren Spohn, daughter of
Marcy and Pat Spohn, will cel-
ebrate her bat mitzvah at Temple
Israel, Saturday, June 24. She is
the sister of
Jamie and
Julie. Sharing
in the celebra-
tion will be her
grandparents
Marlene and
Bob Kain,
Spohn
Joyce and Bob
Fagin and
Joanne Spohn.
She is also the grandchild of the
late Jack Spohn.
Jill is a student at Clifford Smart
Middle School in Walled Lake.
She felt it was very meaningful to
donate funds to the Make-A-Wish
Foundation as one of her mitzvah
projects.

Pedi Teshuba of Oak Park will
become bar mitzvah at Young
Israel of Oak Park on Saturday,
June 24. Participating in the cer-
emony will be his father, David
Teshuba.
Pedi is a student at Yeshivat
Akiva in Southfield. He is an
active volunteer in the Friendship
Circle Volunteer Club.

More B'nai Mitzvah
• Temple Kol Ami —
Elizabeth Nagle, daughter of
Diane Crone and Richard Nagle
(Saturday).
• Temple Shir Shalom
— Ilysa Koltonow, adult bat
mitzvah (Friday); Matthew
Koltonow, son of Stacey and
Lawrence Koltonow (Saturday).

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