Mazel Toy!
Sept. 6
Aaron and
Jennifer
(Kennon)
Weckstein
are thrilled
to announce
the
birth of
Weckstein
their daugh-
ter, Emma Olivia (Miryam
Yasmin). Her proud grandpar-
ents are Malcolm and Charlene
Weckstein of Farmington Hills
and John and Martha Stoner,
Charles and Glenda Kennon, all
of Monroe.
Sept. 6
Sherri
(Christy)
and Daniel
Kukes of
Birmingham
are delighted
to announce
Kukes
the birth
of their son, Chase Marvin
Kukes. Excited grandparents
are Thomas and Rosanne Kukes
of Bloomfield Hills and Gus and
Doreen Christy of Farmington
Hills. Proud great-grand-
mother is Chilly Revich of West
Bloomfield. Chase is named in
loving memory of his great-
grandfather Marvin Revich.
July 20
Andrea (Slatkin) and Philip
Bershad of Roseland, N.J.,
announce the birth of their son,
Jack Ethan Bershad
(Shai). He -is the brother of
Elianna Kate Bershad, the grand-
son of Donna and Robert Slatkin
of Bloomfield Hills and Susan
and Eric Bershad of Pinebrook,
N.J., and the great-grandson
of Pauline and Albert Dubin of
Bloomfield Hills and
Mindy and Dr. Sanders
Fuerstman of West Orange, N.J.
Jack is named in memory of Jack
Sporn, maternal great-grandfa-
ther, and Sol Freedman, maternal
great-uncle.
July 15
Kezziah (Sharp) and Jonathan
Chudler are happy and excited to
announce the birth of their first
child, a son, William "Liam"
Joseph Chudler (Label Yousif).
Sharing their joy are grandpar-
ents Angela Sharp of Truckee,
Calif., Russell Sharp of Niantic,
58 September 28 2006
Conn., and
Brenda and
Jerry Chudler
of West
Bloomfield.
Proud great-
grandparents
are James
Chudler
and Elizabeth
Sharp of Doncaster, England,
Mable French of Whitstable,
England, and Bonnie Stone of
West Bloomfield. William Joseph
is named in loving memory of
his paternal great-grandfathers
Lawrence Chudler and Joseph
Stone.
July 14
Brad and
Rachel
(Oleniczak)
Beaver of
Ann Arbor
are thrilled to
announce the
Beaver
birth of their
fourth daugh-
ter, Jessica Ariel (Yiska Ariel).
Proud big sisters are Lindsey
Nicole, 12; Marley Samantha, 10;
and Sophie Michelle, 6. Loving
grandparents are Harvey and
Anne Beaver of Wellington, Fla.,
Phyllis and Lenord Horwitz of
Bluefield, Va., and Carolyn and
Bob Watson of Lewiston, Mich.
Jessica is named in memory
of many cherished loved ones,
including Rose Beaver, Ethel
Freedenberg, Estelle Harris and
Jack Horwitz.
July 5
April and
David
Michaels
announce
with great joy
the birth of
their daugh-
Michaels
ter, Jordyn
Diane. Welcoming her home
is big brother Jacob Aaron, 13
months. Sharing their excite-
ment are proud grandparents
Pauline and Harold Michaels
of West Bloomfield, Sandy
and Rick Maddess and Carol
and Stoy Yeager, all of Oregon.
Excited great-grandparents are
Sara Kravitz of West Bloomfield,
June Parmelee, Delores and Stoy
Yeager and Reba and Allard
Maddess. Jordyn is also the great-
granddaughter of the late Anne
and the late Albert Michalowsky,
the late Nathan Kravitz and the
late Ray Parmelee. She is named
in loving memory of pater-
nal great-grandmother Anne
Michalowsky.
June 16
Marti Harris
and Matthew
Facktor wel-
come with
much love the
birth of their
son, Grant
Facktor
Michael
Facktor
(Matan). Thrilled grandparents
are Carolyn and Michael Facktor
of Orchard Lake and DeAnn
Harris of Sartell, Minn. Proud
great-grandparents are Margaret
Facktor of Louisville, Ky., and
Leonard Meretta of Kalamazoo.
Grant Michael is named in lov-
ing memory of his grandfather
Michael Harris, his great-grand-
mother Phyllis Grant Meretta
and his great-grandfather Max
Facktor.
June 3
Jennifer
(Weisberg)
and Mark
Rosen of
Natick,
Mass., are
delighted to
Rosen
announce the
birth of their
son, Jack Nathan (Shimon
Nachum). Sharing in their joy
are first-time grandparents Nona
and Fred Weisberg of Huntington
Woods and Sharman and Larry
Rosen of Newton, Mass. Proud
great-grandmothers are Esther
Weisberg of Southfield and Doris
Rosoff of Newton. Jack is named
in loving memory of his mater-
nal great-grandfather Nathan
Weisberg and his paternal great-
grandfather Stanley Rosoff.
He is also the great-grandson
of the late Irene and Leonard
Mendelsohn and the late Jane
and William Rosen.
Daniel William Cole will
be called to the bimah as a bar
mitzvah Saturday, Sept. 30, at
Temple
Israel. He
is the son
of Becki
and Steve
Cole and
the brother
of Kevin,
Adam and
Jaclyn.
His proud
grandparents are Deanna and
Dr. Robert Farrah and Laura and
Arthur Cole.
Daniel is a student at
West Hills Middle School in
Bloomfield Hills. Donating
funds to the American Heart
Association was the mitzvah
project he felt to be most mean-
ingful.
Matthew Charles Fellows,
son of Elizabeth and Neil Fellows
and broth-
er of Grant,
Jillian and
Emma, will
read from
the Torah
on the
occasion
of his bar
Fellows
mitzvah,
Saturday,
Sept. 30, at Temple Israel. His
proud grandparents are Eunice
and Milton Ring and Edna and
Sydney Fellows. He is a great-
grandchild of the late Anna and
the late Harry Korman.
Matthew attends West Hills
Middle School in Bloomfield
Hills. He felt it was espe-
cially meaningful to contribute
funds to the Suzanne Korman
Morton Memorial Fund, part of
Karamanos Cancer Institute.
Kendyl Cabot Mehler, daugh-
ter of Cheryl and Dr. Ronald
Mehler and sister of Cameron
and
Jordyn, will
celebrate
her bat
mitzvah at
Temple
Israel
Saturday,
Sept. 30.
Mehler
She is the
grandchild of Diane Cabot and
the late Bud Cabot. She is also
the grandchild of the late Morton
Mehler, the late Arlene and the
late Albert Levenson.
Kendyl attends Clifford Smart
Middle School in Walled Lake.
Her most meaningful mitzvah
project involved visiting seniors
at a nursing home with her
Italian greyhound.
Jason
Samuel
Newman
and Alana
Nicole
Newman
celebrated
their b'nai
mitzvah
Jason Newman
this sum-
mer in
Israel.
They are
the chil-
dren of
Bradley
and Carla
Newman.
Alana Newman
Proud
grand-
parents are Sybil and Sheldon
Mintz of Ann Arbor and Natalie
and Herb Applebaum of West
Bloomfield.
Jason and Alana attend middle
school in Houston, Texas. Their
mitzvah projects included col-
lecting items for a local animal
shelter and visiting with resi-
dents in a Jewish nursing home.
Matthew Alexander Seiss,
son of Ellen and Leland Seiss and
brother of Marisa, will celebrate
his bar
mitzvah
at Temple
Israel
Friday,
Sept. 29.
\ He is the
grandchild
of Erna
Seiss
Seiss and
the late
Howard Seiss, Ned Steinberg, the
late Lucille Rossen Steinberg and
the late Jack Rossen.
Matthew attends Orchard
Lake Middle School in West
Bloomfield. His most meaningful
mitzvah project was his involve-
ment with the Juvenile Diabetes
Association.