Mazel Toy!
Feb. 18
Jennifer (Rosen) and Russ
Gordon of Farmington
Hills are happy to
announce the birth of
their son, Noah Seth
(Yochanan Shmuel).
Welcoming Noah home
Gordon
with hugs and kisses
is big sister Hannah, 4.
Thrilled grandparents are Suzanne Rosen
of Farmington Hills, Judy and Kenneth
Kile of Tamarac, Fla., and Barbara and
Martin Scharf of Cincinnati, Ohio. Ecstatic
great-grandmother is Lillian Liebowitz
of Parkland, Fla. Noah is named in loving
memory of his maternal great-grandparents
Shirley and Joseph Finkel and paternal great-
grandfather Sam Markowitz.
.Feb. 4
Shira (Gilden) and Noach
Klein of Southfield wel-
come with much love the
birth of their beautiful
daughter, Deena Miriam.
Sharing in their happiness
are thrilled grandparents
Klein
Tammy and Yehudah
Gilden of Toronto, Ont.,
Canada, and Shari and David Klein of Oak
Park. Overjoyed great-grandparents are Joan
and Jerry Penfil of West Bloomfield and
Jacqueline and Paul Drucker of California.
Deena Miriam is named in loving memory
of her paternal great-great-grandmother
Mary (Miriam) Bookstein.
Jan. 11
Robert and Stephanie
Light of Virginia Beach,
Va., are happy to
announce the birth of
their son, Sam Brandon
Light. Sharing in their
happiness are grandpar-
Gordon
ents Amy and Sol Harold
Light of West Bloomfield
and Dale Sayer of Boca Raton, Fla. Sam is
named in memory of his great-grandfathers
Dec. 6
Jackie
(Wander) and
Steve Rosender
of Waterford
are delighted to
announce the
birth of their
Molly and Ella Rosender
twin daugh-
ters, Ella Halle
and Molly Danielle. Thrilled grandparents
are Janet and Seymour Wander of West
Bloomfield and Karen and Bill Rosender
of Orchard Lake. Ella is named in loving
memory of her great-grandmothers Estelle
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Stolman and Hattie Wander. Molly is named
in loving memory of her great-grandfathers
Maurice Rosender and David Applebaum.
Dec. 5
Elisa (Zabel) and
Marc Harwin of West
Bloomfield, are thrilled
to announce the birth
of their daughter, Ruby
Claire (Chava Rachel.)
Ruby is welcomed home
Gordon
with love by her big
sister Lillian Rose, 2
1/2. Sharing in their joy are grandparents
Rochelle and Jerry Zabel and Maxine and
Larry Harwin, all of West Bloomfield. Ruby
is named in loving memory of her maternal
great-grandmothers Rae (Rachel) Grund
and Clara (Chaya) Zabel, paternal great-
grandfather Dr. Herbert (Chayim) Karol
and maternal great-uncle Herbert "Sonny"
(Chayim) Zabel.
Dec. 4
Renee and Eric Zacks of
Huntington Woods are
delighted to announce the
birth of their son, Micah
Ronen. He is welcomed
home by his big brother
Asher, 20 months. Sharing
Zacks
in their joy are grand-
parents Alice and Mark
Zacks of West Bloomfield and Bobbi Levin
of Richboro, Pa., and great-grandfather Sam
Zacks of Farmington Hills. Micah is named
in loving memory of his great-grandmothers
Miriam Zacks and Rose Allen.
Nov. 19
Ammi (Kash) and
Rock Drysdale of West
Bloomfield welcome with
much love the birth of
their daughter, Arianna
Cate (Bracha Leah).
Welcoming Arianna
home with lots of hugs
and kisses is big sister
Isabella, 4. Proud grandparents are Allen and
Marcia Kash of West Bloomfield. Arianna
Cate is named in loving memory of her
maternal great-aunt Vicki Lederman.
Oct. 24
Jodi (Lesnick) and
Matthew Quisling of
Huntington Woods
joyfully announce the
birth of their daughter,
Alexa Jade (Hadassah).
Welcoming her into
their families are great-
grandfather Sol Lesnick,
grandparents Sharon and Barry Lesnick of
Farmington Hills and Ann and Rolf Quisling
of Cornelius, N.C. Alexa is lovingly named
in memory of her great-grandmother Adelle
Goldstein.
Oct. 9
Randi (Roland) and
Steven Fried of West
Bloomfield are delighted
to announce the birth of
their son, Ari Nathan
(Ariel Natan). Ari is
welcomed home with
Fried
hugs and kisses by big
sister Ella. Excited grand-
parents are Sari and Marc Roland of West
Bloomfield and Barbara and Joel Fried of
Parsippany, N.J. Proud great-grandfathers
are Seymour Grundy of West Bloomfield
and Harold Roland of Sarasota, Fla. Ari is
named in loving memory of his maternal
great-great-grandmother Anne Rosensweet
and his paternal great-grandfather Nathan
Rosenblatt.
Andrew Aaron Fischer
will be called to the
Torah as a bar mitz-
vah on Saturday, Feb.
23, at Congregation
B'nai Moshe in West
Bloomfield. He is the
son of Barbara Maxwell,
brother of Kelly and
grandson of Jeanne
Maxwell and the late Robert Maxwell.
Andrew is a seventh-grade student at
Geisler Middle School in Walled Lake. He
volunteers regularly for Farmington Hills-
based JARC.
Alex Kavner of
Farmington Hills will
be called to the Torah as
a bar mitzvah at Adat
Shalom Synagogue
in Farmington Hills on
Saturday, Feb. 23. Sharing
his simchah and par-
Kavner
ticipating in the ceremony
will be his mother, Shelly
Loomus; his stepfather, Lon Zaback; his
brother, Joshua Kavner; and his stepbrothers,
Ian and Kyle Zaback. Proud grandparents
are Betsy and Jerry Loomus and Charlotte
Zaback.
Alex is a seventh-grader at Warner
Middle School in Farmington Hills. The
mitzvah project he found most meaning-
ful was working with children at the West
Bloomfield-based Friendship Circle.
Sarah Marissa Klein will celebrate her
bat mitzvah as she is called to read from
the Torah Friday, Feb. 22, at Temple Israel
in West Bloomfield. Her parents are Beth
Stotzky-Klein and Bruce
Klein and her brother
is Aaron. Sharing in the
simchah will be grand-
parents Shirlee and Larry
Klein. She is also the
grandchild of the late
Sally and the late Max
Klein
Stotzky.
Sarah attends West
Hills Middle School in Bloomfield Hills. She
felt her most meaningful mitzvah project
was preparing and helping serve a meal for
the homeless.
Jake Samuel Solomon
(Yachov) of Birmingham
will become bar mitzvah
at Congregation Shir
Tikvah in Troy on Feb. 23.
Participating in the cer-
emony will be his parents,
Julie Stulberg and Jeffrey
Solomon
Solomon, and brother
Jordan Solomon. Proud
grandparents are David and Nancy Stulberg
of West Bloomfield and Alex and Elaine
Solomon of Jackson.
Jake is a student at Derby Middle School
in Birmingham. His mitzvah projects includ-
ed working with the links program at school
with autistic children.
Ian Zaback of
Farmington Hills will
be called to the Torah as
a bar mitzvah at Adat
Shalom Synagogue
in Farmington Hills on
Saturday, Feb. 23. Sharing
his simchah and par-
Zaback
ticipating in the ceremony
will be his father, Lon
Zaback; his stepmother, Shelly Loomus; his
brother, Kyle Zaback; and his stepbrothers,
Alex and Josh Kavner. Proud grandparents
are Charlotte Zaback and Betsy and Jerry
Loomus. Ian is also the grandson of the late
Jerome Zaback.
Ian is a seventh-grader at Power Middle
School in Farmington. The mitzvah project
he found most meaningful was working
with children at the West Bloomfield-based
Friendship Circle and collecting books for
their library.
More B'nai Mitzvah
•Congregation Beth Ahm — Sarah
Wolf, daughter of Dr. Mark and Faye Wolf
(Saturday).
•Temple Shir Shalom — Robbie
Bell, daughter of Frances and John Bell
(Saturday).