Mazel Toy! Aug. 7 Gilead and Karen Kapen of Oakton, Va., are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Alia Siona (Alia Tzonia), sister of Rome and Michaela. Maternal grandparents are Peter and Kapen Susan Brechtel of Mandeville, La. Paternal grandparents are Shelly and Rachel Kapen of West Bloomfield. Her Hebrew name, meaning "ascending to Zion:' is to honor her paternal great- grandmother Sara Ivashkovsky- Garber, who ascended to Zion in 1921. July 30 Lauren (Kippelman) and Mathew Buchwald of Scottsdale, Ariz., are overjoyed to announce the arrival of their daughter, Maya Ariel (Yaffa Sheliya). Excited grandparents are Wendy and Marc Kippelman of Bloomfield Hills, Carol Buchwald Rose and Linda and Dr. Robert Buchwald, all of Scottsdale. Proud great-grand- parents are Anita Kippelman of Hollywood, Fla., Goldie Rose of Farmington Hills and Ruth Klein of Cleveland, Ohio. Maya is named in loving memory of her great-grandparents Jack Kippelman, Morris Rose, Alan Klein and Sylvia and Julius Buchwald. July 18 Bradley and Lea Donohue of Los Angeles are proud to announce the arrival of their beautiful. new son, Nigel Dean. Ecstatic grandparents Donohue are Cathy (Grossman) McMullen, formerly of Oak Park, and Jerry and Nancy Donohue. Florence Lipton, formerly of Detroit, is the proud great-grand- mother. July 3 Juli (Haynes) and Jeffrey Adelman of Santa Monica, Calif., wel- come with much love the birth of their son, Samuel Albert (Shmuel Alon). His name is Adelman honoring his great-grand- father Albert Adelman of Boca Raton, Fla. Proud are bub- bie and poppa Joel and Judy Adelman of Birmingham and grandmother Beverly Zwar of Seattle, Wash. June 18 Barbara (Dorfman) and Don Hoffmann Jr. of South Lyon are delighted to announce the birth of their beauti- ful daughter, Helena Hoffmann Rose. Excited first-time grandparents are Mary and Don Vratanina of Beverly Hills along with Edward Dorfman of Walled Lake. Sharing in their happiness are grandpar- ents Mary and Don Hoffmann of Dearborn. Helena is named in loving memory of maternal great-grandmother Helen Bishop and paternal great-great-grand- mother Rose Braverman. Jacob Ross Gordon (Reuven Yakov Simcha) was called to the Torah as a bar mitzvah Saturday, Aug. 26, at Congregation Shaarey Zedek Southfield. He is the son of Stacy and David Gordon, brother of Samantha and grand- son of Arlene and Ron Licht and Clara and Harvey Gordon. Jacob is a student at West Hills Gordon Middle School in Bloomfield Hills. He especially enjoys his weekly bingo nights with the residents of Meer Apartments in West Bloomfield. Hailee Vanessa Harris of Pine Book, N.J., formerly of Farmington Hills, will become a bat mitzvah Saturday, Sept. 2, at the Pine Brook Jewish Center. She is the daughter of Julie and Howard Harris and older sister of Jessica Paige. Sharing in the simchah will be proud grand- parents Naomi and Morris T. (Toby) Breuer of West Bloomfield and Claire Harris of Monroe Harris Township, N.J. Hailee is also the granddaughter of the late Kenneth Harris. Her most rewarding mitzvah project is donating her hair to Locks of Love. Hannah Rachel Iwrey, daugh- ter of Les and Bob Iwrey and sister of Ben and Madeline, will celebrate her bat mitz- vah during Havdalah services, Saturday, Sept. !W r ay 2, at Temple Israel. Sharing in the simchah will be her grand- parents Debbie and Al Iwrey, Sandy and Bob Russman and Sally Lifschitz. Hannah is a student at Dunckel Middle School in Farmington Hills. She felt her most meaningful mitzvah project was volunteering at Vista Maria's Women Shelter in Dearborn Heights. Abigail Orbuch Jankelovitz will be called to the Torah as a bat mitzvah Saturday, Sept. 2, at Congregation Shaarey Zedek West Bloomfield, B'nai Israel Center. Sharing in the joy of the simchah will be her parents, Terri Orbuch and Stuart Jankelovitz, brothers Joshua and Elliot and sisters Sheri and Erica. Her loving grandparents are Joyce and Marty Orbuch of Minneapolis and Shaynee and David Jankelovitz of Chicago. Jankelovitz Abigail is a student at Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit in Farmington Hills. Among her many mitzvah projects, she is especially proud of organizing a tennis-athon to raise money for Farmington Hills-based JARC. Carly Krainen, together with • her parents, Cindy and Gordon Krainen, and sister Sarah, will celebrate her bat mitzvah on Saturday, Sept. 2, at Temple Shir Shalom. She is fortunate to have both sets of grand- parents to share her special day: Dorothy and Sam Shepard and Marilyn and Fred Krainen, Krainen all of West Bloomfield. Carly attends Abbott Middle School in West Bloomfield. She enjoyed a mitzvah project assist- ing with activities in a memory- impaired unit at the Fountains of Franklin in Southfield. Sarah Ann Light will celebrate her bat mitzvah Saturday, Sept. 2, at Temple Israel. Her parents are Denise and Allan Light. She is the sister of Rachel, Jordan and Hannah. Sharing the simchah will be her proud grandparents Ruth and Arnold Fuller, Light Wendy and Jerry Light and Charles Frame. She is also the grandchild of the late Sandra Frame. Attending Orchard Lake Middle School in West Bloomfield, Sarah found her most meaningful mitzvah project to be working with Jewelers for Children through the Make-a- Wish Foundation. Rebecca Emily Millman will be called to the Torah as a bat mitzvah on Saturday, Sept. 2, at Congregation B'nai Moshe. She is the daughter of Arlene Millman and the late Mark Millman. She is also the sis- ter of Bradley. Rebecca is the granddaugh- ter of Eleanor Millman Millman, the late Sam Wohl, the late Lillian Wohl and the late Leo Millman. Rebecca is a student at Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit in Farmington Hills. Her mitzvah projects included meals for the homeless. Nathan Lawrence Pilcowitz will be called to the Torah as a bar mitzvah Saturday, Sept. 2, at Adat Shalom Synagogue. He is the son of Phyllis and Bob Pilcowitz and the brother Pilcowitz of Alli and Jackie. Proud grandparents are Ted Pilcowitz and Inez Cane. He is also the grandson of the late Rose Pilcowitz and the late Irving S. Cane. Nathan attends Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit in Farmington Hills. As part of his mitzvah projects, he participated in the Dor nor and JARC pro- grams through Hillel. Cameron Blake Schwalb (Simcha Yacov), son of Lauri and .Dr. Jeffrey Schwalb, will be called to read from the Torah as a bar mitzvah Friday, Sept. 1, at Temple Israel. Excited brother and sister are Chad and Chloe. Also Schwalb sharing his special time will be proud grand- parents ,Flora and Harold Cherny, Ilene and Roland Schwalb, Lynne Levy and great-grandmother Ida Cherny. He is also the great- grandchild of the late Irene Gurwin. August 31 • 2006 63