Mazel Toy!

May 24

Jennifer (Shiffman)
and Brian Saks of
Walled Lake welcome
with much love and
happiness the birth of
their son, Logan Jesse
Saks
(Melech). Welcoming
Logan home is his
excited big brother Jake, 3. Sharing in their
joy are Nana and Papa, Alene and Donald
Shiffman of Farmington Hills, Grandpop
Stan Saks of Southfield and Grandmom
Trudy Saks of Delray Beach, Fla. Proud
great-grandpa is Irving "Pete"Yura of
Delray Beach. Logan is named in loving
memory of his maternal great-grandmoth-
ers Leah Yura and Jennie Shiffman and
his paternal great-grandmother Mildred
Berelman.

May 16

Nancy and Nossonal
(Nate) Kleinfeldt of
Huntington Woods,
announce with love the
birth of their daughter,
Grace Hannah (Chana
Kleinfeldt
Malka Devorah).
Grace Hannah is wel-
comed home by big brothers Adin and
Caleb. Sharing in their happiness are
proud grandparents Ronnie and Ronald
Berman of Southfield, Leah Ann and
Gerald Kirzner of Southfield and Barbara
and Ronald Kleinfeldt of Silver Spring,
Md. Thrilled great-grandparents are
Lillian Berman of West Bloomfield, Sonia
Lamensdorf of Memphis, Tenn., M.C.
Kleinfeldt of Memphis, and Sara Kirzner
of Windsor, Ontario. Grace Hannah is
named in loving memory of maternal
great-grandmother Hannah Goldsmith,
family friend Ludmila Tyves and paternal
great-grandmother Dorothy Kleinfeldt.

May 6

Debra (Schlansky)
and Philip Siegel of
Atlanta, Ga., formerly
of Farmington Hills,
welcome with love and
happiness the birth
Zackary Siegel
of their son, Zackary
Louis (Zachariah
Dov). Excited big sister is Zoe Madison, 3.
Sharing in the joy are grandparents Helene
and Stuart Siegel of Dunwoody, Ga., and
Susan and Stuart Schlansky of Sandy
Springs, Ga. Especially honored are great-
grandmother, Mildred Horn of New York
City and Bertha Siegel of West Palm Beach,
Fla. Zackary is also the great-grandson
of the late Max Siegel, the late Clara and
the late Ben Schlansky and the late Ethel
Sachs. Zackary is named in loving mem-

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ory of his maternal great-grandfather B.
Lewis Sachs and his paternal great-great
grandfather Louis Siegel.

May 2

Rebecca (Lavi) and
Andrew Siegel of
Dunwoody, Ga., former-
ly of Farmington Hills,
welcome with love and
joy the birth of their
Anna Siegel
daughter, Anna Muriel
(Chana). Thrilled
grandparents are Helene and Stuart Siegel
of Dunwoody and first-time grandparents
Jacqueline and Ralph Lavi of Alpharetta,
Ga. Proud great-grandparents are Mildred
Horn of New York City and Bertha Siegel
of West Palm Beach, Fla., Stella and
Rahmat Lavi of Encino, Calif., and Muriel
Leather of Yorkshire, England. Anna is
also the great-granddaughter of the late
Harold Wynn and the late Max Siegel.
Anna was named in honor of maternal
great-grandmother Muriel Leather and in
loving memory of paternal great-great-
grandmother Anna Hacker.

April 28

Randi (Brenner) and
Benjamin Manson of
West Bloomfield are
thrilled to announce the
birth of their daughter,
Ava Michelle (Chava
Mindel). Sharing in
their happiness are
first-time grandparents Marcia and
Marc Manson and great-grandparents
Lorraine Brenner, Norma Tureff and Sara
Manson. Ava is named in loving memory
of her maternal great-grandmother Adell
Rothstein and paternal great-great-grand-
mother Minnie Matz.

April 24

Jennifer (Goldman)
and Ethan Frank of
West Bloomfield are
thrilled to announce the
birth of their daugh-
ter, Sophie Madeline
Frank
(Myra Chaia). Proud
grandparents are
Jill and Jules Goldman of Walled Lake,
Stewart and Rochelle Frank of West
Bloomfield and Sarah Frank of Orlando,
Fla. Loving great-grandmothers are Lee
Golding and Freida Goldman of West
Bloomfield. Sophie is named in loving
memory of her great-grandfather Michael
Golding and her great-great-grandmother
Nellie Brown.

April 20

Marci (Philko) and
Steve Weingarden are
thrilled to announce the
birth of their son, Jack
Philip Wingarden.
Welcoming him home
Weingarden
are his brother Ryan
and sister Caitlin.
Sharing in their love and excitement are
proud grandparents Addie and Harvey
Philko of Port Huron and Shirley and
Marvin Weingarden of Farmington Hills.
Jack is named in loving memory of his
paternal great-grandfather Philip Higer
and his maternal great-grandmother Lois
Holleb.

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April 7

Carrie (Brown) and
Joshua Cohen of Oak
Park joyfully announce
the birth of their
daughter, Sophie
Paige. Welcoming
Cohen
Sophie home is excited
big brother Isaac, 22
months. Sharing in their happiness are
grandparents Connie and Barry Silverman
of Royal Oak, Steve Brown of Birmingham
and Janice and Michael Cohen of
Huntington Woods. Kvelling great-grand-
mothers are Maxine Kort of Boynton
Beach, Fla., Elaine Kohner of Farmington
Hills and Faye Goldman of Farmington
Hills. Sophie is named in loving memory
of her maternal great-grandfather Sidney
Kort and her paternal great-grandfather
Philip Goldman.

March 21

Marci (Brown) and Eric
Pierce of Farmington
Hills joyfully announce
the birth of their
daughter, Kaylee
Addison. Sharing in
Pierce
their happiness are
grandparents Connie
and Barry Silverman of Royal Oak, Steve
Brown of Birmingham and Sharyn and
Rick Pierce of Farmington Hills. Thrilled
great-grandmothers are Maxine Kort of
Boynton Beach, Fla., Elaine Kohner of
Farmington Hills and Emily Pierce of
Novelty, Ohio.

Michelle Elizabeth Torby (Shira Eliana)
was called to the Torah as a bat mitzvah
on Saturday, June 30, at Adat Shalom
Synagogue in Farmington Hills. She is the
daughter of proud parents, Dr. David and
Joyce Torby, and the dear younger sister
of Alyssa. Sharing in the simchah was her

grandfather Kenneth
Torby. Michelle is also
the granddaughter of the
late Mildred Torby and
the late Alice and Aaron
Lenhoff.
Michelle is a student
at Warner Middle School
Torby
in Farmington Hills. She
found her volunteer work
building a sukkah and planting flowers at
two JARC homes spiritually rewarding.

Scholarships Awarded

The Scholarship Committee of the Zionist
Organization of America Michigan Region
awarded 23 grants to Michigan-area
students bound for Israel on educational
programs.
Each applicant was required to write
an essay on "What Israel and Zionism
Mean To Me." The scholarship committee
included co-chairs Beverly Baker and Toby
Schlussel, and Sabina Heller and Rayna
Kogan.
Recipients are Avrahami Benjamin,
Devorah Bennish, Anchel Berkman,
Ahuvah Blumenfeld, Lyla Craft, Cristina
Alexandra, Estie Groundland, Adam
Horwitz, Cara Kleiman, Miriam Leaf,
Sarah Levin, Rebecca Levin, Molly Mardit,
Esther Michlin, Hallie Platt, Danielle
Prizament, Berrie Schwartz, Leiba
Shudnow, Sarah Snider, Rebecca Spitzer,
Sarah Spitzer, Arianne Taurig and Esther
Wineberg.

Leading Beth El Brothers

Marc Zupmore has been named 70th
president of Temple Beth El's Brotherhood.
He is been active with the Michigan
Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion
and Federation's Mitzvah Day.
Serving with him
will be Jeff Hollander,
first vice president;
Larry Imerman, sec-
ond vice president;
James Michelson, third
vice president; Joel
Behrmann, treasurer;
David
Bloom, assis-
Marc Zupmore
tant treasurer; Dennis
Goodman, secretary; and Jerry Cole, assis-
tant secretary.
New board members include Jerry
Beigler, Mark Cooperman, Dana Gulick,
Marshall Hersh, Leo Hollander, Joe Inwald,
Bruce Kaczander, Richard Shaye and Lee
Turner.
The synagogue is in Bloomfield
Township.