Mazel Toy!

Sept. 25

Shayna (Loss) and Josh
Levine are thrilled to
announce the birth of
their son, Brandon Ezra
(Shmuel Ezra). Excited
grandparents are Susan
Levine
and Rabbi Harold Loss
of Bloomfield Hills
and Berna and Noah Levine of Marietta,
Ga. Also sharing in their joy are great-
grandparents Calk and Martin Loss of
Jacksonville, Fla., and Cecelia and Eugene
Levine of Delray Beach, Fla. Brandon is
named in loving memory of his great-
grandmother Betty Banes and great-grand-
fathers Edward Leonard and Sam Popowcer.

Sept. 4

Dian (Packard) and Seth
Schuler of Manhattan,
N.Y., are pleased to
announce the birth of
their son, Bryce Packard
Schuler (Barak). Big
Schuler
brother is Riley, 4.
Proud grandparents are
Rita and Herb Packard of Southfield and
Adrienne and Ron Schuler of Manhattan
and Morrison, Colo. Brice is named for
his maternal great-grandmother Bella
Feldman.

Aug. 31

Amy (Seiferheld)
and Adam Lumberg
announce with love
the birth of their son,
Preston Harley (Fievel
Hillel). He was welcomed
Lumberg
home by big brother
Harrison. Sharing in their
happiness are loving grandparents Pam and
Gene Lumberg. He is also the grandson of
the late Vivian and the late Heinz Seiferheld.
Proud great-grandmothers are Marian
Guttman and Helen Sherman. Preston is
named in memory of his paternal great-
grandfather Phillip Sherman and maternal
great-grandfather Howard Guttman.

Aug. 29

Krista and Jason Snider of Commerce
Township welcome with much love the
birth of their son, Ari Max. Welcoming him
home is his big brother Xander, 2. Sharing
in their joy are proud grandparents Debbie
and Bill Snider and Kathy and Randy
Allison, all of West Bloomfield. Also beam-
ing with joy are great-grandparents Gerry
Snider and Pavlina and Donald Snider,
all of Farmington Hills. Ari is named in
loving memory of his paternal great-great-
grandfathers Max Silverman and Max
Shniderman.

Aug. 28

Dr. Allen and Heather
(Hawley) Austin of Irvine,
Calif., are delighted to
announce the birth of
their daughter, Hannah
Ava (Alta Channah
Austin
Chava). Sharing their hap-
piness and love are grand-
parents Thomas and Eva
Hawley of Commerce Township and Dr.
Howard and Anita Austin of Tustin, Calif.
Proud great-grandmother of Hannah is
Elizabeth Sanders. Hannah's Hebrew name
was chosen in honor of her maternal great-
grandfather Ignac Sanders

Aug. 22

Jennifer (Amber) and
Ryan Soble joyfully
announce the birth of
their son, Jack Seth
Soble. Proud grandpar-
ents are Karen and Allen
Soble
Amber and Doree and
Ken Soble. Late great-
grandparents are Dorothy
and Joe Stewart, Shirley and George Amber,
Rose and Isaac Jack Zuckerman and Goldie
and Harold Soble. Jack is named in loving
memory of Jack Zuckerman and Shirley
Amber.

Aug. 17

Marcie (Weinbaum)
and Ashley Israel of
Farmington Hills are
thrilled to announce the
birth of their daughter,
Emma Fay (Shoshana
Zippora). Welcoming
Emma home are broth-
ers and sisters Ryan,
Mara, Ron, Joshua, and Rachel. Sharing
the joy are grandparents Jeanette and
Seymour Weissman of Bloomfield Hills
and Patricia and Walter Felman of London,
England. Emma is named in cherished
memory of paternal great-grandmother Fay
Wynbourne, family friend Irma Kaufman
and Holocaust victim Rose Frumin.

Blake Matthew
Amhowitz, son of Nancy
and Loren Zeidman
and Marc and Deede
Amhowitz, will celebrate
his bar mitzvah at Temple
Israel in West Bloomfield
Amhowitz
Friday, Nov. 2. He is
the brother of Jodi and
Carly and stepbrother of
Jennifer and Michael Zeidman. His proud
grandfather is Morrey Katz. He is also the
grandchild of the late Marlene Katz and the

late Joyce and the late Bernard Amhowitz.
Blake attends Geisler Middle School
in Walled Lake. He felt volunteering with
Temple Israel during the Kever Avot pro-
gram was his most meaningful mitzvah
project.

Alexander Solomon
Chocron (Alexander
Shlomo) will become
a bar mitzvah at Adat
Shalom Synagogue
in Farmington Hills on
Saturday, Nov. 3. He is the
son of Steffani and Elliot
Chocron
Chocron and brother of
Nathaniel. Proud grand-
parents are Sandy and Terry Grosslight,
Salomon and the late Mimi Chocron.
Alexander is an eighth-grader at Hillel
Day School of Metropolitan Detroit in
Farmington Hills. His mitzvah project was
volunteering with Farmington Hills-based
JARC.

Steven Rands Colburn,
son of Meredith and
Robert Colburn and older
brother of Lauren, will
celebrate his bar mitzvah
on Saturday, Nov. 3, at
Congregation Shaarey
Colburn
Zedek Southfield. He
is the grandson of Nanci
Rands, Dale and Robyn Rands, Sharron
Colburn and the late Sherwood Colburn.
Stevens great-grandmother Vera Stern will
also share in the simchah.
Steven is an eighth-grade student at
Cranbrook Middle School in Bloomfield
Hills. One of his mitzvah projects involved
working as a volunteer at Yad Ezra kosher
food pantry in Berkley.

on Saturday, Nov. 3, at
a Havdalah services.
Participating in the cer-
emony will be Sydney's
older brother Eric and
her grandparents, Conrad
and Barbara Pearl. Sydney
Glanz
will honor the memory
of her grandparents the
late Delphine and the late
Edwin Glanz on this special occasion.
Sydney is an eighth-grader at Walnut
Creek Middle School in Walled Lake. She
has learned the importance of giving back
to the community with her ongoing work
with the Michael Yendick Foundation for
Children, a special nonprofit organization
named in loving memory of her uncle
Michael Yendick.

Andrea Rachel
Goldstein will cel-
ebrate her bat mitzvah
as she reads from the
Torah on Saturday, Nov.
3, at Congregation
B'nai Moshe in West
Bloomfield.
She is the
Goldstein
daughter of Julie and
Raphael Goldstein and
the sister of Robert and Elan. Her proud
grandmothers are Roslyn Garber and
Regina Goldstein. She is also the grand-
daughter of the late Arnold M. Katz and the
late Reuven Goldstein.
Andrea is an eighth-grade student at
Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit
in Farmington Hills. Her mitzvah projects
included raising funds for breast cancer
research as well as participating in the local
Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure.

Sydney Laura Garfinkel,
together with her par-
ents Lori and Kenneth
Garfinkel, will celebrate
her bat mitzvah on
Saturday, Nov. 3, at
Temple Israel in West
Garfinkel
Bloomfield. She is the sis-
ter of Max, Rebecca and
Sophia. Her proud grand-
parents are Beverly and Roger Koppenhofer.
She is also the grandchild of the late Millie
and the late Nate Garfinkel.
Sydney attends West Hills Middle School
in Bloomfield Hills. She felt donating funds
to breast cancer research was the most
meaningful of her mitzvah projects.

Brandon Aaron
Grodman will read from
the Torah on the occa-
sion of his bar mitzvah
at Temple Israel in West
Bloomfield on Saturday,
Nov. 3. He is the son
Grodman
of Jodi and Andrew
Grodman and the brother
of Leah. His proud grandparents are Lois
and Joseph Forman. He is also the grand-
child of the late Leatrice and the late Harold
Grodman.
Brandon is a student at Clifford Smart
Middle School in Walled Lake. He felt
his most meaningful mitzvah project
was donating to the Grodman Cure
Foundation, which helps with research
for juvenile diabetes.

Sydney Faye Glanz, daughter of Randi and
Harry Glanz, will be called to the Torah as
she celebrates her bat mitzvah at Congre-
gation B'nai Moshe in West Bloomfield

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