I Mazel Toy!
Sept. 9
Jennifer and Paul
Silverman of Franklin
are thrilled to announce
the birth of their son,
Levi Morris (Levi
Mordechai). Welcoming
him home are big
Silverman
sister Eliana, 6, and
big brother Nathan,
4. Proud grandparents are Lila and Gil
Silverman of Bloomfield Hills, Leslie and
Robert Golding of Farmington Hills and
Renee Dagher of Commerce Township.
Also sharing in their happiness are
great-grandmothers Fanny Zuckerman
of West Bloomfield and Dorothy Golding
of Southfield. Levi is named in loving
memory of his paternal great-grandfather
Morris Smith.
Dara Paige Epstein was
called to the Torah as a
bat mitzvah on Saturday,
Oct. 6, at Temple
Shalom in Naples, Fla.
She is the daughter
of Linda and Fielding
Epstein and sister of
Epstein
Bram. Proud grandpar-
ents are Paul and Ann
Epstein of Farmington Hills and Donna
Agardi of Naples.
Jeremy Randall-Aaron
Fishman, son of Leslie
and Jefrey Fishman,
will be called to the
Torah as a bar mitzvah
on Saturday, Oct. 27, at
Congregation Shaarey
Zedek Southfield.
Fishman
Sharing in this simchah
will be his sisters Allie
and Jamie as well as grandparents Gloria
Weissler and Arnold Weissler and Reta
and Gordon Fishman.
Jeremy is an eighth-grader at Hillel
Day School of Metropolitan Detroit in
Farmington Hills. His most meaningful
mitzvah projects was volunteering to teach
young children to play basketball with
former Detroit Piston John Long as well
as conducting a basketball fundraiser for
juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.
Gorman
Jarrett Bryce Gorman
was called to the Torah
as a bar mitzvah on
Saturday, Oct. 13, at
Temple Beth El in
Bloomfield Township.
He is the son of Kevin
and Marci Gorman and
the brother of Amber.
Sharing in this simchah were his grand-
parents Marvin and Francine Solomon, Dr.
John and Martha Gorman and Jack and
Joan Priest.
Jarrett is an eighth-grade student at
Scripps Middle School in Lake Orion. His
mitzvah projects include working at the
Salvation Army to feed the hungry.
Laurenne Elizabeth
Ferber Kaufman will
celebrate her bat mitz-
vah on Friday, Oct. 26,
at Congregation Beth
Alum in West Bloomfield
and on Saturday, Oct.
27, at the Shul in West
Kaufman
Bloomfield. She is the
loving daughter of Shari
(Ferber) and Alon Kaufman and wonder-
ful sister of Daniel, Jonathan, Joshua and
Natalie Rose Kaufinan. Proud grand-
parents are Miriam and Fred Ferber of
West Bloomfield and Halina and Szymon
Kaufman of Tel Aviv, Israel.
Laurenne is a student at Hillel Day School
of Metropolitan Detroit in Farmington Hills.
Her most meaningful mitzvah project is
piloting a new program to secure funding
for the indigent Holocaust survivors with
the help of other third generation children
in the Detroit metropolitan area.
Jacob Lipnik of
Farmington Hills will be
called to the Torah as a
bar mitzvah on Saturday,
Oct. 25, at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek
Southfield. He is the
son of Paula and Daniel
Lipnik
Lipnik and brother of
Josh and Alex. Thrilled to share in the sim-
chah are grandparents Lori and Carl Lipnik,
Brenda and Barney Dales and Morty Pascoe.
Jake is an eighth-grader at Warner Middle
School in Farmington Hills.
He found it meaningful to help fed the
homeless through Shaarey Zedek's program.
Allison Sarah McKee will celebrate her bat
mitzvah Saturday, Oct. 27, at Temple Israel
in West Bloomfield. She is the daughter of
Natalie McKee and Roger McKee and the
sister of Rebecca. Her grandparents, Tom
McKee and Marie McKee, are very excited
about the simchah. She is also the grand-
child of the late Rena and Gerald Rosenfield.
Allison attends Orchard Lake Middle
School in West Bloomfield. Her participation
at Camp Dakota, for children with arthritis,
was her most meaningful mitzvah project.
Mollie
Megdall
Hannah
Magda!!
Mollie Kate Megdall and Hannah Rose
Megdall will share the bimah as they cel-
ebrate their b'not mitzvah Saturday, Oct.
27, at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield.
Sharing in the simchah will be their parents,
Debbie and Stan Megdall, and brother Isaac.
Proud grandparents are Adele and Dr. Stuart
Megdall and Barbara Schwartz. The girls
are also the grandchildren of the late Sidney
Schwartz.
Both girls attend Walnut Lake Middle
School in Walled Lake. As her most mean-
ingful mitzvah project, Mollie worked at the
West Bloomfield-based Friendship Circle
and plans to continue volunteering there. Al-
so through the Friendship Circle program,
Hannah helped in a child's home, as a com-
panion, and felt this was a very important
mitzvah project.
Elana Sarah Price will
be called to the Torah as a
bat mitzvah at a Havdalah
ceremony on Saturday,
Oct. 27 at Congregation
Beth Shalom in Oak
Park. She is the daughter
of Beverly and David
Price
Price. She is the grand-
daughter of Nathan and
Marilyn Peiss, Esther Price and the late
Elliott Price.
Elana is a student at Norup International
School in Oak Park. Her most interesting
mitzvah project included assisting in teach-
ing yoga at Gilda's Club of Detroit.
Allie Irene Ravid,
daughter of Amy Mindell
and Kevin Weinman
and Lior Ravid, will cel-
ebrate her bat mitzvah
at Temple Israel in West
Bloomfield Friday, Oct. 26.
She is the sister of Eli and
Ravid
Devon, the grandchild of
Judi and Bernard Mindell,
Hana and Avraham Ravid and Joan and Ed
Weinman and the great-grandchild of Mary
Shapiro. She is also the great-grandchild of
the late Sherman Shapiro and the late Irene
and Karl Mindell.
Allie is a student at Hillel Day School of
Metropolitan Detroit in Farmington Hills.
The mitzvah project she found most mean-
ingful was volunteering at a JARC home.
Leah Joy Roffman will
read from the Torah
on the occasion of her
bat mitzvah during
Havdalah service at
Temple Israel in West
Bloomfield Saturday,
Oct. 27. Her parents are
Roffman
Lisa and Barry Roffman
and her sister is Kristin. Sharing in the
simchah will be her grandparents Donna
Klar and Andrew Martin. She is also the
grandchild of the late Murray Olit, the late
Harriett Roffman, the late David Klar and
the late Melvin Roffman.
Leah attends Walnut Creek Middle
School in Walled Lake. She started a char-
ity called "Chores for Charity" that raises
money for various organizations. She felt
this was very meaningful as part of her
mitzvah experience.
Jacob Benjamin Ruby,
together with his par-
ents, Leslie and Dr. Alan
Ruby, and his sisters
Jayme and Lauren, will
celebrate his bar mitz-
vah at Havdalah ser-
vices Saturday, Oct. 27,
Ruby
at Temple Israel in West
Bloomfield. His grand-
parents are Roz and Leon Levine and
Linda and Dr. Robert Ruby and his proud
great-grandmother is Belle Epstein.
Jacob is a student at Bloomfield Hills
Middle School. He organized a 5K Fun
Run/Walk for Cystinosis with two of his
friends and felt this was his most mean-
ingful mitzvah project.
Megan Rose Simmons
will be called to the
Torah as a bat mitzvah
on Friday, Oct, 26, at
Temple Shir Shalom
in West Bloomfield.
Sharing in her simchah
will be her parents,
Simmons
Stacey and Michael
Simmons, and sister Amanda. Her proud
grandparents are Linda and Dr. Joseph
Dobrusin and Ruth and George Simmons.
Also participating in the excitement will
be great-grandmother Ruth Ryshen.
Megan is a student at Cranbrook
Kingswood Middle School in Bloomfield
Hills. One of her most memorable mitzvah
projects was assisting clients and distrib-
uting food at Yad Ezra in Berkley.
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