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 C16 February 22 • 2008 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).