Mazel Toy!

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
Light
happiness are grandpar-
ents Amy and Sol Harold
Light of West Bloomfield
and Dale Sayer of Boca Raton, Fla. Sam is
named in memory of his great-grandfa-
thers.

Dec. 10

Lauren (Trahey) and
Jerod Morton of West
Bloomfield joyfully
announce the birth of
Zackary Evan Morton
(Moshe Levi), little
Morton
brother to 6-year-old
Elaine "Lainey" and 32-
year-old Ashley. Sharing
in their joy are grandparents Patricia and
Gary Trahey of Redington Beach, Fla., and
Kathleen and Kenneth Morton of Troy.
Zackary is named in loving memory of
his maternal great-grandparents Edward
(Moshe) and Rose Zack, his bubbie Elaine
Zack Trahey, his great-aunt Joyce Ellen
Zack and his great-grandmother Eva
Trahey.

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
Harwin
with love by her big
sister Lillian Rose, 21/2.
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.

I Nov. 22
Jennifer (Rosen)
and Russ Gordon of
Farmington Hills are
happy to announce
the birth of their son,
Noah Seth (Yochanan
Gordon
Shmuel). Welcoming
Noah home with hugs
and kisses is big sister
Hannah, 4. Thrilled grandparents are
Suzanne Rosen of Farmington Hills, Judy

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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.

Sept. 28
Andrea (Neiman) and
Joel Murovitz of Atlanta,
Ga., announce with love
the birth of their son,
Jonah Matai (Jonah
Matan). Sharing in
their joy are grandpar-
ents Eileen and Denny
Neiman of Scottsdale,
Ariz., formerly of Bloomfield Hills, and
Barbara and Mark Murovitz of Atlanta.
Also welcoming Jonah are great-grandpa
David Neiman of Scottsdale and great-
grandma Sophie Murovitz of Atlanta.
Jonah's middle name honors the memory
of his "great-grandma" Miriam Neiman.

Aug. 8
Scott Selfon and
Meredith (Sloane) Selfon
of Kirkland, Wash., are
thrilled to announce the
birth of their beauti-
ful baby boy, Zachary
David Selfon (Hanel
David). Proud grand-
parents are Maureen
(Missy) Selfon of White
Lake and Arthur and Sandy Sloane of
Boca Raton, Fla. Elated great-grand-
mother is Faye Selfon of Silver Spring, Md.
Zachary also is the grandson of the late
Dr. Stephen Selfon. Zachary is named in
loving memory of his great-grandfathers
Henry Sompolinsky and Henry David
Selfon.

Jennifer Alpert will
be called to the Torah
as a bat mitzvah at
Congregation Beth
Shalom in Oak Park on
Saturday, March 1. She
is the daughter of Jan
and Steven Alpert and
sister of Madeline and
Jonathan. Her proud
grandparents are Cynthia and Stanley
Volinsky of New York, N.Y., and Edward
Alpert of Bloomfield Hills and the late Agi
Alpert.
Jennifer attends Norup International
School in Oak Park. For one of her mitz-
vah projects, she worked with children at
the synagogue's Gan Shalom pre-school.

Robbie Joanna Bell
was called to the Torah
as a bat mitzvah on
Saturday, Feb. 23, at
Temple Shir Shalom
in West Bloomfield. She
5 is the daughter of Jack
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and Fran Bell and the
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younger sister of Adam.
She is the granddaughter
of June Gurwin, the late Robert C. Gurwin
and the late Dr. John and the late Dorothy
Bell.
Robbie is a seventh-grade student at
Abbott Middle School in West Bloomfield.
She is enjoying working at Pupeluv dog
rescue in Waterford as one of her mitzvah
projects.

Gabriel Joseph Dell
(Gavriel Yosef) will
be called to the Torah
as a bar mitzvah at
Congregation Shaarey
Zedek
Southfield Saturday,
March 1. He is the son of
Dell
Suzi and Larry Dell and
the brother of Benji and
Ilana. Sharing his simchah will be grand-
parents Elizabeth Silver and Cindy and
Harold Daitch. Very proud great-grand-
mother is Goldie Levin. Gabe is also the
grandson of the late Sacha Dell and the
late Joseph Silver.
Gabe is a student at Hillel Day School
of Metropolitan Detroit in Farmington
Hills. His many mitzvah projects included
helping feed the needy at St. Leo's Soup
Kitchen in Detroit, which he found very
meaningful.

Justin Moshe Finkel
will celebrate his bar
mitzvah Friday, Feb. 29,
at the Birmingham
Temple in Farmington
Hills. He is the son of
Amy Good and David
Finkel and brother to
Ann. Justin is the grand-
son of Ed and Justine
Good, and of the late Asher and the late
Miriam Finkel.
Justin is in the seventh grade at Detroit
Waldorf School. For his community ser-
vice, he participated in the 2008 "Young
Heroes" program of Detroit City Year.

Nicole Taylor Goodman will be called to
the Torah as a bat mitzvah on Friday, Feb.
29, at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield.
She is the daughter of Gayle and Arnie
Goodman, and the sister of Jaclyn and
Richard. Her very proud grandparents are
Mae and Milton Goodman, Lila and Elliot

Goodman

Schubiner and Nancy
and Fred Bernstein.
Nicole is a seventh-
grader at Orchard Lake
Middle School in West
Bloomfield. She felt her
most meaningful mitz-
vah project was making
blankets and volunteer-
ing for Kids Kicking
Cancer.

Alexis Nicole Itskovich,
daughter of Irina and
Edward Itskovich, will
be called to the bimah
as she celebrates her
bat mitzvah Friday, Feb.
29, at Temple Israel in
West Bloomfield. She is
Itskovich
the sister of Jacob and
the grandchild of very
proud grandparents Anna and Vladimir
Goldshtein and Alla and Michael Itskovich
and great-grandmother Tsilya Begun. She
is also the great-grandchild of the late
Iosif Begun.
Alexis is a student at Abbott Middle
School in West Bloomfield. She collected
donations for "Sweet Dreamzzz Detroit:' an
organization that helps children who are
in homes below the poverty level have a
warm and comfortable sleep. She felt this
was an important mitzvah project.

Jason Alex Mondry,
son of Diane and
Mitchell Mondry and
brother of Lauren and
Adam, will read from
the Torah on the occa-
sion of his bar mitzvah
Saturday, March 1, at
Mondry
Temple Israel in West
Bloomfield. His proud
grandparents are Selma
Bremen and Sheila and Eugene Mondry.
He is also the grandson of the late Jerome
Bremen. His proud great-grandmother is
Thelma Farber.
Jason attends Derby Middle School in
Birmingham. His most meaningful mitz-
vah project was organizing a basketball
tournament at his school to raise funds for
charity.

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Andrew David
Nathanson, son of
Sheryl and Gregg
Nathanson and brother
of Sara and Zoe, will
celebrate his bar mitz-
vah on Saturday, March
1, at Congregation
B'nai Moshe in West
Bloomfield. His proud