Mazel Toy!

Sept. 3
David and Stacy (Lieberman) Hitsky of
Plainview, N.Y., are overjoyed to announce
the birth of their daughter, Becka Paige.
She is welcomed by proud big brother
Evan, 4 1/2. Sharing in their joy are
grandparents, Debbie and Alan Hitsky of
Southfield, Ilona and Marty Lieberman
of Plainview; and great-grandparents,
Stanley and Fannie Hitsky of Naples, Fla.,
and Lauria Lieberman of New York. Becka
Paige is named in loving memory of her
great-grandfather Bernard Indenbaum.
She is also the great-grandchild of the late
Shirley Indenbaum, the late Alex and Ethel
Weiss and the late Irving Lieberman.

Aug. 27
Andrea (Korotkin) and
Jeffrey Belen of Berkley
are thrilled to announce
the birth of their daugh-
ter, Maya Grace (Golda
Meital). Sharing in
Belen
their joy are first-time
grandparents Kenneth
Korotkin of Birmingham, Julie Dale of
West Bloomfield and third-time grandpar-
ents Jack and Donna Belen of Commerce
Township. Also sharing in their happiness
is great-grandmother Florine Korotkin of
Boca Raton, Fla. Maya is named in loving
memory of her maternal great-grandfather
Milton Korotkin and her paternal great-
grandmother Gloria Belen Pinsky.

Aug. 10
Michael Neumann
and Brian Kutinsky of
Bloomfield Hills are
thrilled to announce the
birth of their daugh-
ter, Eve Neumann
Kutinsky. Sharing in
their joy are proud
grandparents Donna and Leslie Kutinsky
of Novi and Brenda and LeRoy Neumann
of Farmington Hills. Eve is named in loving
memory of great- grandmother Olga Fried.

July 31
Erica (Davis) Bak
and Phil Bak of
Brooklyn, N.Y., joyously
announce the birth of
their son, Benjamin
Zohar. Sharing in
their happiness are
grandparents Janice
Young of Farmington Hills, Michael
Davis of Waterford and Lolly and Harris
Bak of New Rochelle, N.Y. Proud great-
grandparents Zyga and Irma Allweiss
of West Bloomfield and Miriam Poupko
of Flatbush, N.Y., also share in their joy.
Benjamin is named in loving memory

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of his paternal great-grandfather Rabbi
Benjamin Bak and his maternal great-
great-grandfather Benjamin Burg.

July 29
Eliana and Marc Loomer of Oak Park are
thrilled to announce the birth of their
beautiful daughter, Shoshana Miriam.
Little Shoshana is welcomed home with
joy by her wonderful big brother Eitan, 1.
Grandparents are Susan and Lorne Tait of
Port Huron and Rita and Albert Loomer
of Livonia. Great-grandparents are Aurora
and Carl Merecki of Port Huron.

July 27
Cortney (Wolfe) and
Kyle Christensen are
thrilled to announce
the birth of their son,
Evan Reece (Mayore).
Sharing in their joy
Christensen
are ecstatic first-time
grandparents Cindy
and Ron Wolfe of Farmington Hills, Laura
and Marty Seyfried of Chelsea and Jeanne
and Darryl Christensen of Dexter as well
as great-grandparents Marcia and Leonard
Alexander of West Bloomfield, Anita and
Armand Drapeau and Bob Christensen of
East Jordan, Barb Christensen of Las Vegas.
Evan is named in loving memory of his
maternal great-grandfather Morley Wolfe.

June 27
Stefanie (Kushner)
and Jon Goldman of
West Bloomfield lov-
ingly announce the
birth of their daugh-
ter, Kate Evelyn
Goldman
(Ranit Gavriela). Big
sister Zoe, 3, also
welcomes Kate excitedly. Proud grand-
parents are Carol and Gary Kushner of
West Bloomfield, Jill and Steve Seldin of
Boynton Beach, Fla., and Budd and Jane
Goldman of New York City. Kate is named
in loving memory of her maternal great-
grandmother Eva Garelik, paternal great-
grandmother Rose Rosen and maternal
great-grandfather, Gordon Kushner.

June 19
Michelle (Fenberg) and
Michael Berman of
Waterford are thrilled
to announce the birth
of their son, Jesse
Madden (Yishi Lev).
Berman
Sharing in their happi-
ness are grandparents
Marvin Berman of West Bloomfield,
Lynne and Leslie Schultz of Commerce
Township and Michael and Robin Fenberg
of Birmingham. Jesse is named in lov-

ing memory of his grandmother Marilou
Berman ("Grandma Lou"), great-grand-
father Lawerence Slone and great-grand-
mother Lillian Fenberg.

May 8
Kimberly (Eisenberg)
and Dr. Samuel Grief of
Chicago welcome with
much love the birth of
their son, Justin Ryan.
Welcoming Justin
Grief
home with lots of hugs
and kisses is big sister
Alexa, 2. Sharing in their joy are proud
grandparents Eileen and Stuart Eisenberg
of West Bloomfield and Ellie and Sydney
Pomerantz of Montreal. Justin is named in
loving memory after his paternal grand-
mother Sara Eisenberg.

May 4
Miriam (Menczer) and
Mike Leary of Graz,
Austria, are thrilled
to announce the birth
of Emily Kate Leary
(Yonina Natania). Proud
Leary
grandparents Faye and
Edward Menczer of
Farmington Hills joyously welcome this
first grandchild. Grandparents Janice and
Kevin Leary of Cheshire, Conn., are delight-
ed to have her as their third. Emily will be
named Oct. 21 in Farmington Hills after
her two maternal great-grandmothers.

Nicole Rose
Blumenstein (Ruth
Esther) will be called to
the Torah as a bat mitz-
vah on Saturday, Sept.
29, at Congregation
Etz Chaim in Lombard,
Ill. She is the daugh-
Blumenstein
ter of proud parents,
Dr. Brian and Ann
Blumenstein, formerly of Novi, and the
older sister of Alivia and Raquel. Nicole is
also the granddaughter of Sam and Arleen
Blumenstein of West Bloomfield and Dr.
William and Reymia Sychangco.
Nicole is a student at Cass Jr. High in
Darien, Ill. She volunteered at the West
Bloomfield-based Friendship Circle as
apart of her mitzvah project and found it
to be a very fulfilling mitzvah.

Eitan Adelson Kalmowitz, son of Anne
Adelson and Carey Kalmowitz and brother
of Ezra, will lead the congregation at
Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Friday,
Sept. 28, as he celebrates his bar mitzvah.

His grandparents are
Elaine and Sheldon
Adelson and Mel
Kalmowitz. He is also
the grandchild of the
late Henny Kalmowitz.
His proud great-grand-
mother is Bea Cohan.
Kalmowitz
Eitan attends West
Hills Middle School in
Bloomfield Hills. He felt working with Yad
Ezra in Berkley was a very meaningful
mitzvah project.

Sarah Elisabeth Knoll
will be called to the
Torah as a bat mitzvah
on Saturday, Sept. 29, at
Congregation Shaarey
Zedek Southfield. She
is the daughter of Jay
and Mary Knoll and sis-
Knoll
ter of Emily, Allison and
Joshua. Proud grandpar-
ents are Richard Knoll and Maureen Fill
and Judge Steven and Elisabeth Andrews.
She is also the granddaughter of the late
Craina Knoll.
Allison is a student at Berkshire Middle
School in Beverly Hills. Her mitzvah proj-
ects included giving to the Jewish National
Fund.

Lauren Paige Krawitz,
daughter of Dr. John
and Diane Krawitz
and sister of Ben, will
read from the Torah as
she celebrates her bat
mitzvah Friday, Sept.
28 at Temple Israel in
Krawitz
West Bloomfield. She
is the grandchild of Dr.
Herbert and Ellen Lux and Nancy Krawitz.
She is also the grandchild of the late Philip
Krawitz and great-grandchild of the late
Florence Druker.
Lauren attends West Hills Middle
School in Bloomfield Hills. Her most
meaningful mitzvah project involved cut-
ting 17 inches of her hair and donating it
to Locks of Love.

Matthew David Kuppe
will be called to the
Torah as a bar mitz-
vah Saturday, Sept.
29, at Congregation
B'nai Moshe in West
Bloomfield. Sharing in
this simchah will be his
Kuppe
parents, Richard and
Linda Kuppe, as well as
his sister Amanda. His proud grandpar-
ents are Hy and Sybil Ankerman and Tobie
Kuppe. He is also the grandson of the late