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MAZES TOV!

April 7
Callie (Zampetis)
and Neal Budman are
thrilled to announce
with love and joy the
birth of their daughter,
Marianna Eve. Sharing
in their happiness are
Budman
ecstatic grandparents
Ted and Ann Zampetis
of Hinckley, Ohio, and Bob Budman and
Cindy Gioia of West Bloomfield. She is also
blessed to have great-grandparents Sy and
Sarah Neuman of Pompano Beach, Fla.
Marianna is named in loving memory of
her late grandmother Marlene Budman
and in honor of her grandmother Ann
Zampetis.

March 27
Drs. Mandy and Jim
Daitch of Paradise Valley,
Ariz., announce the
birth of their daughter,
Samantha Nicole. She is
the sister of Zachary. She
is the granddaughter of
Daitch
Cindy and Harold Daitch
of Bloomfield Township
and Candy and Joel Arthur and the
great-granddaughter of Goldie Levin of
Southfield and Rose Smith of Phoenix.

March 23
Julie (Kushkin) and
Daniel Yaker or West
Bloomfield announce
with much love the
birth of their son, Levi
Kameron (Lev Shifran).
Welcoming Levi home
Yaker
are excited big sister
Alexandra, 5, and big
brother Noah, 31/2. Sharing in their hap-
piness are proud grandparents Nancy
Kushkin of West Bloomfield and Elaine
and Barry Yaker of Bingham Farms. Levi
is named in loving memory of his "pop-
pie maternal grandfather Larry Kushkin,
and his paternal great-grandmother
Shirley Wayburn.

Feb. 6
Carrie (Fenton) and
Randy Leff of Bloomfield
Hills are proud to
announce the birth of
their second baby girl,
Whitney Paige (Ya'akova
Avramit). Whitney was
Leff
welcomed home by her
big sister Reagan, 18
months. Sharing in their joy are grand-
parents Cindy and Fred Leff of Bloomfield
Hills and Marcia and Roger Fenton of West
Bloomfield. Proud great-grandparents are

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Anne Colman of Lake Worth, Fla., Edith
Leff, Sally Soberman, Sam and Lillian
Fenton, all of West Bloomfield. Whitney is
named in loving memory of her paternal
great-grandfather William Colman.

Nov. 16
Kimberly (Levy) and
Steven Lotzoff of
Commerce Township are
delighted to announce
the birth of their son,
Sam Ethan (Shlomo
Eton). Sharing in their
Lotzoff
joy and excitement are
grandparents Helen and
Robert Levy and Lorraine Lotzoff, all of
West Bloomfield. Thrilled great-grandfa-
ther is Albert Sandubrae of Jackson Hole,
Wyo. Sam is named in loving memory
of his paternal grandfather Stan Lotzoff,
maternal great-grandmothers Esther Levy
and Esther Garber and maternal great-
aunt Eileen Randall.

Aug. 7
Sunny Schwartz of
Boston, formerly of Oak
Park, happily announces
the birth of her daughter,
Ilana Lewis Schwartz.
Ilana is named for her
grandfather the late
Schwartz
Walter Schwartz and her
grandmother's family.
Awaiting her with open arms is her grand-
mother Carol Schwartz of Farmington
Hills.

Samantha Taylor
Barker, daughter of
Liz and Jeff Barker,
will celebrate her bat
mitzvah Friday, May
16, at Temple Israel in
West Bloomfield. She is
the sister of Matthew
Barker
and Brooke. Her proud
grandparents are Joanne
Barker, Larry Barker and Nancy Krawitz.
She is also the grandchild of the late Philip
Krawitz.
Samantha attends Orchard Lake Middle
School in West Bloomfield. She organized
a booth and helped raised funds at the
American Cancer Society Relay for Life
and felt this was an especially meaningful
mitzvah project.

Eliza Jane Borish, daughter of Julie
and Peter Borish and sister of Isabel
and Harley, was called to the Torah as
a bat mitzvah at Stephen Wise Free
Synagogue in New York City on Saturday,
March 8. She is the granddaughter of

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Elaine and Sheldon Girsh
of Farmington Hills and
Hope and Philip Borish
of Kensington, Md.
Eliza is a student
at Riverdale Country
School. For her mitzvah
project, she donated her
hair to Locks of Love.

Aaron Benjamin Cohen
(Aharon Benjamin) of
Huntington Woods will
become a bar mitzvah
on Saturday, May 17,
at Temple Emanu-El
in Oak Park. Joining in
the celebration will be
Cohen
Aaron's parents, Lauren
and H. Adam Cohen, and
younger sister Lily. His proud grandpar-
ents are Drs. Maxine and Ronald Grumet,
and Recia and I. William Cohen.
Aaron is a seventh-grade student at
Cranbrook Middle School in Bloomfield
Hills. He volunteers at the West
Bloomfield-based Friendship Circle,
participating in the Friends-At-Home
program.

Jace David Gittleman,
son of Sherry and Scott
Gittleman, will be called
to the bimah as he
celebrates his bar mitz-
vah Friday, May 16, at
Temple Israel in West
Bloomfield. Also partici-
Gittleman
pating in the ceremony
will be his sisters Dani
and Avery. He is the grandson of Ilene and
Murray Gittleman and Helen Mechlowitz
and the late Ira Mechlowitz.
Attending Bloomfield Hills Middle
School, Jace completed the West
Bloomfield-based Friendship Circle B'nai
Mitzvah Training Program and volunteers
there on a regular basis. He feels this is a
very meaningful project.

Jordan Luke Levinson,
son of Mark Levinson
and Megan Levinson,
will read from the Torah
as he celebrates his bar
mitzvah Saturday, May
17, at Temple Israel in
West Bloomfield. Sharing
Levinson
in the simchah will be
his proud grandparents
Sheila and Andy Scully and Pat and Dave
Rhea. He is also the grandchild of the late
Jack Levinson.
Jordan attends East Middle School
in Farmington Hills. He felt it was very
meaningful to help with the feeding of the

hungry and homeless at Temple Israel as
one of his mitzvah projects.

Kayla Anne Mandel
(Sarah Malka) will be
called to the Torah as
she celebrates her bat
mitzvah on Saturday,
May 17 at Temple Beth
Emeth in Ann Arbor.
Participating in the
Mandel
service will be proud
parents, Larry Mandel,
Shoshana Mandel and Jan Warner, as
well as proud grandparents Lillian Fox
Freedland, Samuel and Marilyn Freedland
and Debrah and Leon Warner. She is also
the granddaughter of the late Anita and
the late Herbert Mandel and great-grand-
daughter of the late Estell Wainer.
Kayla is a seventh-grader at Greenhills
School in Ann Arbor. For one of her mitz-
vah projects, she helped raise funds for the
American Cancer Society's Relay for life.

Mallory Rose Moss will
celebrate her bat mitzvah
as she reads from the
Torah Friday, May 16, at
Temple Shir Shalom in
West Bloomfield. She is
the daughter of Patty and
Bruce Moss and the sister
Moss
of Alex and Jake. Sharing
this special day will be
proud grandparents Joanne and Don
Further. She is also the granddaughter of
late Milton Smith and the late Edith and
the late Sam Moss.
Mallory is a student at Berkshire Middle
School in Bloomfield Hills. Her most
meaningful mitzvah project was volun-
teering at the Friendship Circle in West
Bloomfield.

Sierra
Nathanson

Logan
Nathanson

Sierra Michelle
Nathanson and Logan
Tyler Nathanson will
share the bimah as they
celebrate their b'nai
mitzvah at Temple Israel
in West Bloomfield
Saturday, May 17. They
are the children of Stacey
and Keith Nathanson
and the grandchildren
of David Kamin, Sheila
Kamin and Leonard
Nathanson and the late
Rebecca Nathanson.
Sharing in the simchah
will be proud great-
grandmother Sarah
Kaminsky.
Sierra and Logan
attend Warner Middle