Mazel Toy!

Dec. 31
Rabbi and Mrs. Yaacov
Aaron Amzalak wel-
come the birth of their
twin sons, Menachem
Mendel and Yosef
Yitzchak. Big brother
and sisters are Chana,
Chaim and Chaya
Mushka Amzalak. The
boys are named after
their great-grandfathers
Max Dushkin, Manual
Wold, Frank Isackson,
Yitzchak Amzalak, the
Lubavitcher Rebbe and
Amzalak
the previous Lubavitcher
twins
Rebbe. Grandparents
are Dr. and Mrs. Aaron
(Jeffrey) Meer of Oak Park and Mrs. Ruth
Amzalak of Melbourne, Australia. Great-
grandparents are Mrs. Fay Isackson of
Farmington Hills and Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Meer of West Bloomfield.

Dec. 6
Dani (Lett) and Mike Randel of
Commerce Township are delighted to
announce the birth of their daughter,
Olivia Noa (Noa Hadar). Overjoyed by
their very special Chanukah present, big
sisters Ali Sydney, 6, and Lindsay Blair,
31/2, welcomed Olivia home with hugs and
kisses. Kvelling grandparents are Carol
Randel of Farmington Hills and Moreen
and Marshall Lett of West Bloomfield.
Ecstatic great-grandparents are Janette
and Jesse Antman of Commerce Township.
Olivia Noa is named in loving memory of
her dearly missed grandfather Norman
Henry Randel.

Dec. 3
Amy (Jeross) And Brian
Heyman of Grand Blanc
are excited to announce
with love the birth of
their daughter, Maggie
Sophia (Miera Shaina).
Sharing in their joy are
Heyman
grandparents Donna
and Barry Jeross of
Farmington Hills and Susan Heyman and
Mike White of Safety Harbor, Fla., and
Steven Heyman of Keller, Texas. Very excit-
ed great-grandmother is Leah Adelson
of Oak Park. Maggie is named in loving
memory of her grandmother Marianne
Heyman, great-grandparents Marvin and
Ann Heyman, great-grandparents Alvin
and Gertrude Morgenstein and great-
grandmother Ethel Jeross.

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Nov. 6
Drs. Dayna (Cohen) and
Joshua Olstein of New
York City announce with
great love and joy the
birth of their daughter,
Haley Claire (Chayah
Kayla). Proud grand-
Olstein
parents are Barbara
and Jeffrey Olstein of
Farmington Hills and Dr. and Mrs. Henry
Cohen of Central Valley, N.Y. Haley Claire
is named in loving memory of her pater-
nal great-grandfather Hyman Aronson
and her maternal great-great-grandmoth-
er Clara Berman.

Sept. 23
Dr. Rachel (Goldstein)
and Robert Olive of
Chicago are happy to
announce the birth of
their son, Austin Julius
(Avner Joseph). Sharing
in their joy are grand-
Olive
parents Drs. Jean and
Bernard Goldstein of
Oak Park and Linda Olive of Northbrook,
Ill. Austin is named in loving memory of
his paternal grandfather Julius Olive.

July 12
Dina Klein and Michael
Lunder are thrilled to
announce the birth
of their second son,
Joshua David Lunder
(David Ariyah). Proud
grandparents are Sharon
Lunder
and Ernie Klein of West
Bloomfield and Elinor
Lunder of Princeton, N.J. Joshua is named
for his maternal great-grandfather David
Klein.

June 4
Danielle (Litt) and Brian Weinstein of
Chicago announce with love the birth
of their daughter, Lily Perl Weinstein.
Sharing in the joy are proud grandparents
Karol and Marvin Litt of White Lake and
Arden and Marc Weinstein of Glenview,
Ill. Blessed great-grandparents are Marion
Litt of West Bloomfield and Norma Jerome
of Glenview. Lily is named in loving mem-
ory of her great-aunt Barbara Isaacson.

Jake Aaron Feldman
will be called to the
bimah as he celebrates
his bar mitzvah Saturday,
Jan. 26, at Temple Israel
in West Bloomfield. His
parents are Lori and
Michael Feldman. He is

the brother of Randi and the grandchild of
Millie and Mort Feldman, Morris Penner
and Judy and Herb Rosen.
Jake is a student at Hillel Day School
of Metropolitan Detroit in Farmington
Hills. He felt his most meaningful mitzvah
project was his involvement with a fam-
ily through the Friendship Circle in West
Bloomfield.

Rachel Dana
Felsenfeld, daughter
of Mark and Laurel
Felsenfeld and sister of
Emily and Aaron, will
celebrate her bat mitzvah
on Saturday, Jan. 26, at
Temple Shir Shalom
Felsenfeld
in West Bloomfield. She
is the grandchild of
William and Shirley Felsenfeld and Charles
and Marlene Toby.
Rachel is a student at Warner Middle
School in Farmington Hills. Her mitzvah
project is volunteering as an activity aide
for the residents of Aviva assisted living
home in Farmington Hills.

Eric Israel (Yitzak) of
Huntington Woods will
become bar mitzvah
at Temple Beth El in
Bloomfield Township
on Saturday, Jan. 26.
Participating in the cer-
emony will be parents
Israel
Mary Jo and Marc Israel,
sister Jaclyn and brother
Adam. Proud grandparents are Harriett
Israel of Bloomfield Hills and Edward
Grimaldi of Warren.
Eric's mitzvah projects include being a
block captain for St. Jude Cancer Research.

Emily Novick of Detroit
will become bat mitzvah
at Temple Beth El in
Bloomfield Township
on Friday, Jan. 25.
Participating in the cer-
emony will be her father,
Jeff Novick; her mother
Novick
and stepfather, Cathy
and Jack Marshall; her
uncles Stuart Novick, Barry Novick, Tom
Marks, Steve Marks and Mike Marks; and
her brothers, Max and Joe Novick. Proud
grandparents are Peggy Novick of Oak
Park and Harold Marks of Grand Rapids.
Emily is a student at Gaudior Academy
in Inkster. Her mitzvah projects included
volunteering with Rosedale Recycles.

Aaron Matthew Radner, son of Lori and
Michael Peterman and Melanee and David
Radner, will celebrate his bar mitzvah at

Temple Israel in West
Bloomfield Friday, Jan.
25. He is the brother
of Brooke, Devin, Jack
and Amanda. His proud
grandparents are Susan
and Edward Radner,
Sherwin Polinsky,
Radner
Beverly Peterman,
Barry Peltz, Sandra and
Lawrence Schiff. He is also the grandson
of the late Dolores Polinsky. His proud
great-grandmothers are Gloria Radner and
Eleanor Peltz.
Aaron attends Warner Middle School
in Farmington Hills. The mitzvah project
he found most meaningful was working
with children at the West Bloomfield-based
Friendship Circle.

Sydney Blair Rich,
daughter of Suzie and
Samuel Meklir and Steve
Rich, will celebrate her
bat mitzvah Friday, Jan.
25, at Temple Israel in
West Bloomfield. She is
the sister of Jordan. Her
Rich
grandparents are Marian
and Ron Rich, Bernice
Zacks Davidson and the late Joel Norman
Zacks.
Sydney attends Bloomfield Hills Middle
School. Her involvement with Southfield-
based JARC, doing many different activi-
ties during the past year, is what she felt
had the most meaning for her in regard to
mitzvah projects.

Jenna Lee Shapiro
(Yaacova Leah), daughter
of Margot and Michael
Shapiro, was called to
read from the Torah as a
bat mitzvah on Saturday,
Jan. 19, at Congregation
B'nai Israel in Tustin,
Shapiro
Calif. She was joined in
the celebration by her
brother Frank and sister Isabel, grand-
parents Harriet and I. William Sherr of
Southfield, and grandparents Florence
and Jerry Shapiro of Wooster, Ohio. The
ceremony was officiated by Rabbi Elie Spitz
and longtime family friend Cantor Marcia
Tilchin.
For her mitzvah project, Jenna started
a southern California chapter of Stuffed
Animals for Emergencies (SAFE), for
which she has collected and donated over
1,000 stuffed animals to children at emer-
gency organizations and shelters through-
out Orange County, Calif.