Mazel Toy!
Aug. 17
Debbie (Blackman) and
Scott Emmer of Novi
welcome with much
love the birth of their
son, Zachary Colton.
Welcoming home
Zachary with much
Emmer
excitement is his big
sister Alexa Karen, 21/2.
Sharing in their happiness are grand-
parents Linda and Sid Blackman of West
Bloomfield and Marilynn and Richard
Emmer of Bloomfield Hills. Proud great-
grandmother is Rae Peltz. Zachary is also
the grandson of the late Karen Blackman.
Zachary is named in loving memory of his
great-grandfathers Jack Peltz and Solomon
Gold.
Aug. 5
Kelley (Emmer) and Alan Reiter are excit-
ed to announce the birth of their daughter,
Eliana Lillian (Eliana Leetal). Loving
grandparents are Marilynn and Richard
Emmer and Naomi and Amnon Reiter.
Delighted great-grandmother is Rae Peltz.
Eliana is named in loving memory of her
paternal great-grandmother Elka Reiter
and her maternal great-grandmother Ruth
Lillian Emmer.
Aug. 5
Jennifer (Finer) and
Jonathan Lovy of West
Bloomfield welcome
with much love the
birth of their daughter,
Jessica Ashley (Yona
Etta). Welcoming Jessica
Lovy
home are big brothers
Noah, 3, and Evan, 2.
Very excited grandparents are Dorene and
Alan Finer of West Bloomfield, Madeline
Lovy of Holly and Andrew Lovy of
Kirksville, Mo. Also sharing in their joy is
great-grandmother Lilyan Finer. Jessica is
named in loving memory of her paternal
great-grandparents Joseph and Elsa Lovy
and her maternal great-great-grandmoth-
er Etta Saltman.
June 11
Kimberlee (Rubin) and
Jason Levy of Novi are
delighted to announce
the birth of their daugh-
ter, Eden Joelle (Eden
Yocheved). She is also
welcomed home with
Levy
much excitement by her
big brother Maxwell,
22 months. Sharing in their happiness
are loving grandparents Ellen and Joseph
Stuban of Wolverine Lake, Joanne and Jack
Rubin of West Bloomfield, Barbara Burton
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of Gold Canyon, Ariz., and David Levy and
Susan Krall of Farmington Hills. Excited
great-grandparents are Margaret and
Albert Schwartz and Lola and Sol Rubin,
all of West Bloomfield, and Roslyn Burton
of Lauderhill, Fla. Eden is named in loving
memory for her paternal great-grand-
mother Esther Levy and her maternal
cousin Judith Stern.
May 14
Amy (Berris) and Daniel
Erlbaum of Philadelphia,
Pa., are blessed by the
birth of their daugh-
ter, Tali Rachel, sister
to Tamar and Dafna.
Tali's proud grandpar-
Erlbaum
ents are Marilyn and
Herb Lantor, Anne and
David Berris, all of West Bloomfield, and
Vicki and Gary Erlbaum of Philadelphia.
Her great-grandparents are Miriam and
Morris Ockman of Philadelphia. Tali
Rachel is named in loving memory of
her maternal great-grandmother Hinda
Rachel.
Aspen, an organization that provides rec-
reational, cultural, competitive and edu-
cational experiences for individuals with
disabilities.
Eric Daniel Bloom, son
of Amy and Dr. David
Bloom and brother of
Ryan, will read from
the Torah on the occa-
sion of his bar mitzvah
Saturday, Nov. 10, at
Temple Israel in West
Bloom
Bloomfield. His proud
grandparents are Margie
and Dr. Robert Bloom and Judy Sklar and
his great-grandmother is Rose Durbin.
He is also the grandchild of the late Dr.
Nelson Sklar.
Eric attends West Hills Middle School in
Bloomfield Hills. He felt his participation
watching sporting events with residents at
Regent Street, a local home for the elderly,
was a significant mitzvah project.
Berkley that she will donate after her bat
mitzvah.
Abbie Diamond
Ginis, daughter of
Sheri and Dan Ginis,
celebrated her bat
mitzvah on Saturday,
Oct. 13, at Adat
Shalom Synagogue in
Farmington Hills. She
Ginis
is the sister of Eliana.
Her grandparents
are Minnette Diamond of Cupertino,
Calif., and Annie and Ron Lowy of West
Bloomfield. She is also the great-grand-
daughter of Gertrude Langfelder of
Belmont, Calif.
Abbie is a seventh-grader at Hillel
Day School of Metropolitan Detroit in
Farmington Hills. For her mitzvah project,
she raised money and collected school
supplies for the Children's Center in
Detroit; she is also donating the over 200
books used as centerpieces at her simchah
to the Children's Center library.
Rebecca Fay Berenbon
will read from the Torah
during Havdalah ser-
vices Saturday, Nov. 10,
at Temple Israel in West
Bloomfield. She is the
daughter of Leah Klein
and Howard Berenbon
Berenbon
and the sister of Sarah,
the granddaughter of
Irving Berenbon, the late
Fay Berenbon and the late Esther and the
late Walter E. Klein.
Rebecca is a student at Orchard Lake
Middle School in West Bloomfield. She
felt her most meaningful mitzvah project
was raising funds, which were donated to
Children's Hospital of Michigan.
Adam Michael
Boorstein (Shimshon
Michael) of Birmingham
will become a bar mitz-
vah at Temple Beth El
in Bloomfield Township
on Saturday, Nov. 10. He
is the son of Jody and
Boorstein
Daniel Boorstein and
brother of Mitchell. He
is the grandson of Barbara and Jonathan
Haber of Huntington Woods and Debra
and Ronald Boorstein of Highland Park,
Ill.
A student at Derby Middle School in
Birmingham, Adam chose a mitzvah
project that included volunteering for Old
Newsboys' Goodfellow Fund of Detroit,
packing and distributing holiday packages
and participating in the annual sales day
for the past five years.
Gideon Ezra Levinson
(Chanan Eliezer) of
Huntington Woods will
be called to the Torah as
a bar mitzvah at Adat
Shalom Synagogue
in Farmington Hills on
Saturday, Nov. 10. Joining
Levinson
in the ceremony will be
his parents, Marty and
Elise, and brothers Josh, Simon and Noah.
He is the grandson of the late Sam and the
late Anna Chapin, the late Louie and the
late Rosa Levinson.
Gideon is an eighth-grade student at
Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit
in Farmington Hills. His mitzvah projects
included running a garage sale that raised
money for Yad Ezra in Berkley.
Bradley Aaron Bittker
of Franklin will be
called to the Torah as a
bar mitzvah at Havdalah
services Saturday, Nov.
10, at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek West
Bloomfield, B'nai
Bittker
Israel Center. He is
the son of Sandy and
Alan Bittker and brother of Danny and J.J.
Bradley is the adored grandson of Maxine
and the late Sidney Kort, Arline and the
late David Bittker.
Bradley attends Berkshire Middle
School in Beverly Hills. His most mean-
ingful mitzvah project was organizing
a basketball fundraiser which raised a
significant amount of money for Challenge
Vanessa Gabriella
Farkas will be called
to the Torah as a bat
mitzvah on Saturday,
Nov. 10, at Adat
Shalom Synagogue in
Farmington Hills. She
is the loving daughter
Farkas
of Susan and Stephen
Feldman and Neil
Farkas and devoted and adoring sister of
Hannah and Max Farkas and Michael and
Stephanie Feldman. Her proud grand-
mothers are Etka Goldenberg and Edith
Farkas
Vanessa is a student at Hillel Day School
of Metropolitan Detroit in Farmington
Hills. Among her most meaningful proj-
ects was making 20 baskets for Yad Ezra in
Jacob Alexander
Raider will be called
to the bimah as he cel-
ebrates his bar mitzvah
Saturday, Nov. 10, at
Temple Israel in West
Bloomfield. He is the son
of Susan and Jonathan
Raider
Raider and the brother
of Sarah and Lizzie.
Sharing in the celebration will be his
grandparents Rhoda and Jordan Raider
and Lucia Boonenberg. He is also the
grandchild of the late John Boonenberg.
Jacob attends Walnut Creek Middle
School in Walled Lake. He felt it was espe-
cially meaningful to conduct a neighbor-
hood drive to collect donations for the
Humane Society.