Mazel Toy!

April 8
Laurel (Simmer)
and Joel Schwartz
of West Bloomfield
are thrilled to
announce the birth
of their adorable
Schwartz
son, Ryan Ari
(Reuven Gershon).
Thrilled are grandparents Carolyn
and Mitchell Simmer and Rosalyn
Schwartz, all of West Bloomfield,
and first-time grandmother Corinne
Schwartz of Pontiac. Also welcoming
Ryan is great-grandmother Minnie
Simmer of Boca Raton, Fla. Ryan
is named in loving memory of his
maternal great-grandfather Samuel
Simmer and paternal grandfather
Robert A. Schwartz.

April 5
Olga (Flomin) and
Todd Swanson
of Royal Oak are
thrilled to announce
the birth of their
son, Maxwell
Swanson
Joshua (Natan).
Grandparents
are Marina and Natan Flomin of
Farmington Hills and Bobbi and Carl
Swanson of San Ramon, Calif. Great-
grandparents Berta Marktman and
Boris Smolyar of Oak Park also wel-
come him home. His Hebrew name is
after his maternal great-great-grand-
father, who was killed during World
War II.

March 19
Nichole and
Rochelle Kaplan-
Rudolph of Berkley
lovingly announce
the birth of their
son, Jaxson Mon
Kaplan-
(Yehuda Chanan
Rudolph
Tov). Sharing in
their joy are grand-
parents Stephanie and Bruce Rudolph
of Southfield and Betty and Milton
Kaplan of West Bloomfield. Jaxson
is named in loving memory of his
grandmother Judith Kaplan, great-
grandmother Ann Rudolph and great-
great-grandmother Gertrude Shapiro.

Honigstock

March 1
Adrienne (Rakotz)
and Jay Honigstock
of Arlington, Va., are
excited to announce
the birth of their
daughter Sarah
Ilyssa (Sorah
Rivkeh). Welcoming

her home are thrilled first-time
grandparents Shel and Lori Rakotz of
Farmington Hills and David and Susan
Honigstock of Beaverton, Ore. Great-
grandmothers are Esther Pantzer of
Farmington Hills and Sally Honigstock
of North Lauderdale, Fla. Sarah is
named in loving memory of her two
great-grandfathers Irving Pantzer and
Sam Honigstock.

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Michael Aaron
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his bar mitzvah on
Saturday, May 12, at
Congregation Shir
Tikvah. He is the
son of Carol Ann
and Chris Gutowski
Barr
and Steven and Patti
Barr. His grandpar-
ents are Martin and Nancy Barr and
Jerome and Beverly Manchel.
Michael attends East Hills Middle
School in Bloomfield Hills. He helps
out with the meals on wheels program.

Evan Todd Bloom
(Ephriam Tuvia) will
be called to the Torah
as a bar mitzvah on
Saturday, May 12,
at Temple Beth El.
Sharing in the sim-
chah will be his par-
Bloom
ents, Aileen Bloom
and Jim Bloom, and
sister Rebecca; proud grandparents
Sharon and Robert Leichtman and
Carol and Michael Bloom; and great-
grandmother Ida Goldenberg.
Evan attends West Hills Middle
School in Bloomfield Hills. One of his
many meaningful mitzvah experiences
was to volunteer every week as a teach-
er's aid in a second grade classroom at
Temple Beth El's religious school.

Jason Fried
Burnstein became a
bar mitzvah Friday,
May 4, at Temple
Shir Shalom. He is
the son of Michael
and Debby Burnstein
and brother of
Burnstein
Danny and Andrew.
His grandparents
are Paul and Jake Fried and Norman
and Judy Burnstein. His great-grand-
mother is Jennie Fried.
Jason attends Roeper School in
Birmingham.

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