Mazel Toy!
Aug. 2
Lisa (Feldman) and Nick
Braude of Oak Park, Ill.,
are thrilled to announce
the birth of their daugh-
ter, Madelyn Della
(Malka). Welcoming
Braude
her home is proud
big sister Allyson, 20
months. Excited grandparents are Rob and
Sherry Feldman of Waterford and Marc and
Carol Whaley of Orleans, Mass. Madelyn is
named in loving memory of her paternal
great-grandmother Margaret Goldman
and maternal great-grandmother Nadelle
Feldman.
June 24
Drs. Elizabeth Gagen and Mitch Rose of
Sheffield, England, are thrilled to announce
the birth of their son, Tobias Edward
(Herschel). Sharing in their joy are proud
grandparents Doug and Karol Ross of
Birmingham and Derek and Anne Gagen
of Swansea, Wales. Great-grandparents
Alice and Victor Ross and Marion Rose
also welcome Tobias to the family. Tobias
is named in loving memory of his paternal
great-grandfather Harold Lupiloff and
his maternal great-grandfather William
Edward Preston.
May 16
Rabbi Asher and Rachel
Tessler Lopatin of
Chicago are thrilled to
announce the arrival of
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Gideon Bert Shalom
Lopatin (Gidon Behr
Gagen-Rose
Shalom). He was wel-
comed home by Shayna
Charlotte, 6, Cara Abigail, 4, and Judah George
Itzik, 2. Also celebrating Gideon's arrival are
grandparents Dr. Warren and Hedy Tessler of
West Bloomfield, Helene Lopatin of Fairfield,
Conn., and great-papa Philip Dworin of
Southfield. Gideon is also the grandson of
the late Charlotte Tessler and the late Carolyn
and George Lopatin. Gideon is named for
great-grandmothers Gertrude Tessler, Bertha
Dworin and Sylvia Lopatin.
Eli Alec Brand (Alee
Alyah) will be called to
the Torah as a bar mitz-
vah on Saturday, Oct. 6,
at West End Synagogue
in Nashville, Tenn. He is
the son of Marsha and
Bruce Brand and brother
Brand
of Sara and the grandson
of Saul and Ruth Raimi
of West Bloomfield and Frances Brand and
Norm Cohen of Sunrise, Fla.
The eighth-grader at Sunset Middle
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School in Nolensville, Tenn., Eli attended
Hillel Day School of Metro Detroit through
fifth grade. He made mitzvah donations to
the Israel Defense Forces and Save Darfur.
Joshua Breitman
(Y'hoshua) of West
Bloomfield will
become bar mitzvah at
Congregation Shaarey
Zedek West Bloomfield,
B'nai Israel Center
on Saturday, Oct. 6.
Breitman
Participating in the cere-
mony will be his parents,
Robert and Joyce Breitman, and his sister
Elizabeth. Proud grandparents are Alan
Breitman of Livingston, N.J., and Dorothea
Eichhorn of Lockport, N.Y.
Josh is a student at West Hills Middle
School in Bloomfield Hills. His mitzvah
projects include volunteering at Yad Ezra in
Berkley.
Jonathan Archer
Hoffman, son of Jennifer
Hoffman and Michael
Hoffman and brother of
Jessica, will celebrate his
bar mitzvah Saturday,
Oct. 6, at Temple Israel
in West Bloomfield. His
Hoffman
grandparents are Phyllis
and Dr. Gerald Krause,
Sandra and Fred Layne, Susan Chalfen and
Daniel Silvers. He is also the grandchild of
the late Sanford Hoffman.
Jonathan is a student at Hillel Day School
of Metropolitan Detroit in Farmington
Hills. He felt spending time with residents
at a JARC home was his most meaningful
mitzvah project.
Elayna Ashley Jordan
will read from the Torah
at her bat mitzvah
on Saturday, Oct. 6, at
Temple Israel in West
Bloomfield. She is the
daughter of Lesa and
James Jordon and the
Jordan
sister of Jacob, Allison
and Derek. Her proud
grandparents are Beverly Moretsky, Sylvia
and Jim Jordan, Rita and Sol Moretsky; her
great-grandmother is Lynne Krandall.
Elayna is a student at Hillel Day School of
Metropolitan Detroit in Farmington Hills.
Walking the 5K and raising a significant
amount for Race for the Cure was the mitz-
vah project she felt was most meaningful.
Joshua Blake Morof (Tzvi Baruch) will
be called to the Torah as a bar mitzvah
on Saturday, Oct. 6, at Adat Shalom
Synagogue in Farmington Hills. Joshua
is the son of Sherri and
Gary Morof and the
big brother to Rachel.
He is the grandson of
Helen Moskowitz and
Joyce Morof. He is also
the grandson of the late
Harry Balberman and
Morof
the late Jack Morof.
Joshua is an eighth-
grader at West Hills Middle School in
Bloomfield Hills. One of his most meaning-
ful mitzvah projects was volunteering at
Yad Ezra in Berkley.
Jordyn Lily Rosenzweig,
daughter of Teri and
Todd Rosenzweig, will
celebrate her bat mitzvah,
at Havdalah service at
Temple Israel in West
Bloomfield on Saturday,
Oct. 6. She is the sister
Rosenzweig
of Ellery and Max. Her
grandparents are Ilene
and Murray Gittleman and Judy and Jack
Rosenzweig.
Jordan attends West Hills Middle School
in Bloomfield Hills. Her participation in the
Summer in the City program was the mitz-
vah project she felt most meaningful.
Molly Rachel Rott
(Mindel) will be called
to the Torah as a bat
mitzvah on Saturday,
Oct. 6, at Congregation
Beth Shalom in Oak
Park. Sharing in her sim-
chah will be her parents,
Rott
Susan and Neal Rott,
and sister Leslie. Molly
is the granddaughter of Eva and Manuel
Rott, Betty Starkman and the late Morris
Starkman.
Molly is a student at Norup International
School in Oak Park. Her most memorable
mitzvah project was volunteering time at
Yad Ezra in Berkley.
Alana Kay Siefman
I will celebrate her bat
mitzvah Saturday, Oct. 6,
at Temple Israel in West
Bloomfield. Her parents
are Kathy Kay and Jay
Siefman. She is the sister
of Jeffrey and Rebecca
Siefman
and the grandchild of
Claire and Sherman Kay
and Shirley Siefman. She is also the grand-
child of the late Albert Siefman.
Alana attends Warner Middle School in
Farmington Hills. Her most meaningful
mitzvah project was her involvement with
West Bloomfield-based Friendship Circle.
Arid Faye Stollman
will celebrate her bat
mitzvah on Sunday, Oct.
7, as she delivers a d'var
Torah at an open house
in her honor. She is the
daughter of Robert and
Sheryl Stollman and
Stollman
sister to Ben and Carrie.
Sharing in this simchah
will be her proud grandparents Erwin and
Carole Hollander and Hyman and Barbara
Stollman. Her celebration will continue
with friends in November.
Ariel attends Warner Middle School in
Farmington Hills. In honor of her bat mitz-
vah, she donated her hair to Locks of Love
for the third time.
Abigail Shea Walker
will become a bat mitz-
vah Friday, Oct. 5, at the
Birmingham Temple in
Farmington Hills. She is
the daughter of Andy and
Willa Walker and grand-
daughter of Bernard
Walker
Rouder and the late
Molka Rouder, Bernard
Walker and the late Eleanor Walker.
Abigail is an eighth-grader at Berkshire
Middle School in Beverly Hills. For one of
her mitzvah community service projects,
she worked at Yad Ezra in Berkley, helping
to distribute and deliver kosher food to
Jewish families in need.
Lauren Elizabeth
Weinberg (Leah
Basha) will be called
to the Torah as a bat
mitzvah Saturday, Oct.
6, at Temple Emanu-
El in Oak Park. She
is the daughter of
Weinberg
Martin and Suzanne
Weinberg and the sister
of Jordyn. Sharing in the joy will be her
grandmother Evelyn Weinberg. Lauren
is also the granddaughter of the late and
beloved David Weinberg and Abe and
Helen Holtz.
Lauren is a student at Norup
International School in Oak Park. Her
most meaningful mitzvah project was
working at the Jewish Center's annual
Fame Games, special Olympics last
November.
More B'nai Mitzvah
• Congregation Shir Tilcvah — Alexis
Faber, daughter of Robert and Jennifer
Faber (Saturday).