Mazel Toy!
Feb. 21
Lissa Lev Chaya (formerly Lissa Goldberg
of Huntington Woods) and David Heartlife
of Pacifica, Calif., are proud to announce
the birth of their son, Kai Isaiah (Simcha
Nachman). Proud grandparents are
Wendy Appleton and Robert Lockwood
of Huntington Woods, Alan Goldberg of
Ocala, Fla., Ronee and Ron Groff of Egg
Harbor Twp., N.J., and Charles and Eve
Naumoff of Greensburg, Pa. He is also the
grandson of the late Sharon Goldberg.
Glowing great-grandparents are Evelyn
Goldberg of West Bloomfield, Henrietta
Appleton of Southfield, and Gloria and
Louis "Reds" Klotz of Margate, N.J. He is
also the great-grandson of the late Sylvia
and the late Morris Naumoff, the late Paul
Goldberg and the late Norman Appleton.
Kai's Hebrew name honors the blessed
memories of great-great-grandmother
Maxx Kyle Achtman,
together with his par-
ents, Shellie and Steven
Achtman, will celebrate
his bar mitzvah dur-
ing Havdalah services
Saturday, March 24, at
Temple Israel. He is
the brother of Shawn,
Achtman
Brandon and Ryan.
Included in the simchah will be his grand-
parents Sima and Jerry Parr and Esther
Achtman.
Maxx attends Geisler Middle School in
Walled Lake. His most meaningful mitzvah
project was his involvement in Race for the
Cure.
Samuel Harrison
Gringlas, together with
his parents, Charlene
and Leonard Gringlas,
and sister Rachel, will
celebrate his bar mitzvah
during Havdalah ser-
vices Saturday, March 24,
Gringlas
at Temple Israel. His
grandparents are Carol
and Martin Zagarinsky and Sol Gringlas.
He is also the grandson of the late Paula
Gringlas.
Sam is a student at Warner Middle
School in Farmington Hills. His most
meaningful mitzvah project was organiz-
ing a canned food drive to benefit Yad Ezra
in Berkley.
Robert Linden, son of Cheryl Rubinstein
and Jonathan Linden and brother of
Lauren, will be called to the Torah as
a bar mitzvah on Saturday, March 24,
at Congregation Shaarey Zedek
Southfield. Robbie's grandmothers are
Barbara Rosen and Joan Linden, He is also
Sarah Burton, great-grandmother Sylvia
Naumoff, great-grandfather Norman
Appleton as well as the Naumoff family
name.
Jan. 28
Rabbi and Mrs.
Chanoch (Tamar
Meer) Hadar of
Huntington Woods
happily announce the
birth of their daughter,
Hadar
Chaya Mushka. She
is welcomed by her big
sister Zahava and her big brother Yossi.
Grandparents are Dr. and Mrs. Aharon
(Jeffrey) Meer and Yoram Hadar of
Johannesberg, S. Africa. Great-grandpar-
ents are Mrs. Fay Isackson, Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Meer and Mrs. Freida Hadar of
Israel. Chaya Mushka was named for late
Linden
the grandson of the late
Bernard Rosen, the late
Victor Linden and the
late Trudy and Howard
Danzig.
Robbie is a student
at Hillel Day School of
Metropolitan Detroit in
Farmington Hills.
Trevor Robert
Lopatin, son of Lisa
and Dr. Fred Lopatin,
will read from the Torah
as he celebrates his bar
mitzvah at Temple
Israel Saturday, March
24. He is the brother
Lopatin
of Alyssa and Hunter.
His grandparents are
Donna and Robert Westing and Elaine and
Reuben Lopatin; his great-grandmother is
Esther Hanes.
Trevor is a student at West Hills Middle
School in Bloomfield Hills. He was involved
in the "Save the Children" Katrina Walk-A-
Thon and also donated funds to Katrina
hurricane victims as part of his mitzvah
experience.
Jake Harrison Pazner
will be called to the
bimah at Temple Israel
Saturday, March 24, to
read from the Torah as
he celebrates his bar
mitzvah. His parents
are Anita and Bruce
Pazner
Pazner. He is the brother
of Madison, Remy and
Spencer and the grandchild of Phyllis
Pazner. He is also the grandchild of the late
Harold Pazner and the late Dorothea Fitch.
Attending West Hills Middle School in
maternal great-grandmother Norma Jean
(Chana Chaya) Meer and the late Chabad
Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka Schneerson.
Jan. 7
Hilary (Dzodin) and Ari
Kaganas of Plantation,
Fla., are tickled pink
to announce the birth
of their daughter,
Alexis Brooke (Batya
Kaganas
Rochel). Excited grand-
parents are Isabel and
Milton Dzodin of Southfield and Mireya
and Benjamin Kaganas of Cordoba,
Argentina. Very excited great grandpar-
ents are Roslyn and Leonard Trunsky of
West Bloomfield. Alexis is also the great-
granddaughter of the late Sarah and the
late Ela Dzodin. Alexis Brooke is named
in loving memory of her maternal great-
Bloomfield Hills, Jake felt it was an espe-
cially meaningful mitzvah project to help
serve meals while the homeless were at
Temple Israel.
Alec Ross Ramsay-
Smith (Moshe Reuven
ben Ephraim) will
become a bar mitzvah at
Temple Shir Shalom
on Saturday, March 24.
He is the son of Fredric
and Shari Smith and
Alec Ramsay-
Dana Ramsay, all of
Smith
West Bloomfield, and the
brother of Hunter and
Isaac. Proud grandparents are Dotty and
Arthur Smith of West Bloomfield, Arlene
and Larry Wenokur of West Bloomfield
and Joyce Ramsay of Lansing. His great-
grandmother is Roslyn Goldfarb of
Margate, Fla.
Alec is a student at Warner Middle
School in Farmington Hills. His favorite
mitzvah project was working with Blight
Busters in Detroit.
Hunter Elizabeth
Ramsay-Smith
(Hannah bat Ephraim)
will become a bat mitz-
vah at Temple Shir
Shalom on Saturday,
March 24. She is the
daughter of Fredric and
Hunter
Shari Smith and Dana
Ramsay-Smith
Ramsay, all of West
Bloomfield, and the
sister of Alec and Isaac. Proud grandpar-
ents are Dotty and Arthur Smith of West
Bloomfield, Arlene and Larry Wenokur
of West Bloomfield and Joyce Ramsay of
Lansing. Her great-grandmother is Roslyn
Goldfarb of Margate, Fla.
great-great-grandmother Anna Trunsky,
great- great-grandmother Ruth Schneider
and paternal great-grandmother Bronia L.
Buksztein.
Jan. 5
Ericka (Wolfe) and Matt
Thacker of Chicago are
thrilled to announce
the birth of their
daughter, Braedyn
Rose. Sharing in their
Thacker
joy are grandparents
Ted and Eileen Thacker
of Ann Arbor and Larry and Andi Wolfe of
Bloomfield Hills. Braedyn is named in lov-
ing memory of her maternal great-grand-
mothers Betty Kahn and Ruthe Wolfe and
her maternal great-aunt Ruth Berkley.
Hunter is a student at Warner Middle
School in Farmington Hills. Her favorite
mitzvah project was working with Warner
Crusaders, making food packages for
Meals on Wheels.
Lindsay Rosenbaum
of West Bloomfield will
be called to the Torah
as a bat mitzvah on
Saturday, March 24, at
Congregation Beth
Ahm. She is the daugh-
ter of Barry and Robin
Rosenbaum
Rosenbaum and sister
of Jason. Proud grand-
parents are Jacob and Gloria Frankfurt
and Marvin and Gloria Ripps. Lindsay is
also the granddaughter of the late Sheldon
Rosenbaum.
Lindsay is a student at Hillel Day School
of Metropolitan Detroit in Farmington
Hills. Her mitzvah projects include visiting
the Jewish Home for the Aged and JARC.
Matthew Seth
Sanfield of Ann Arbor
will be called to the
Torah as a bar mitz-
vah Saturday, March
24, at Beth Israel
Congregation in Ann
Arbor. Sharing in the cel-
Sanfield
ebration will be his par-
ents, Michelle Elford and
Jeffrey Sanfield, and brothers Aaron and
Evan. Proud grandparents are Sarah and
Marvin Sanfield and Jan and Milt Elford.
Matt attends Clague Middle School in
Ann Arbor.
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