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Sept. 20
Elysa (Koppelman)
and Nathan White of
Royal Oak are happy
to announce the birth
of their son, Jordan
Daniel (Yoni Reuven),
brother of Austin.
White
Maternal grandparents
are Betty and Marty
Koppelman of Pepper Pike, Ohio; pater-
nal grandparents are Marlene and Larry
White of Southfield. Jordan is named
after maternal great-grandfather Eugene
Marks and paternal great-grandmother
Ruth White.
Aug. 13
Kim (Heisler) and
Dr. Brent Hoffman
of Portland, Ore., are
happy to announce
the birth of their son,
Oliver Harrison
(Avshalom Moishe).
Hoffman
Proud grandparents
are Edie and Dr.
Larry Hoffman of West Bloomfield,
Cheryl Venet of Eureka, Mo., and Dr.
Gerald Heisler of Columbia, Mo. Elated
great-grandmother is Dianne Venet
of Chicago. Oliver is named in loving
memory of his maternal grandfather
Harry Venet and his paternal grandfa-
ther Maurice Hoffman.
July 21
Andrea (Haron) and
Bradley Hecht of New
York City welcome
future Wolverine quar-
terback, Jonah Bryce.
Sharing in the joy
are proud grandpar-
Hecht
ents Pam and David
Haron of Farmington
Hills and Terry and Alan Hecht of
Livingston, N.J. Delighted great-grand-
parents are Leslie and Miriam Colburn
of Bloomfield Hills. Jonah is named in
loving memory of his maternal great-
grandmother Bess Haron and his pater-
nal great-grandmother Laurette Kirsch.
Jacob Rautbort
Baron, son of Leslie
and Mark Baron and
brother of Emily and
Nate, will celebrate
his bar mitzvah
Friday, Nov. 14, at
Temple Israel in
Baron
West Bloomfield. His
grandparents are Leba
and Dr. Sanford Rautbort and Joan and
Sheldon Shore; his very proud great-
grandmother is Edythe Cutler.
Jacob is a student at Warner Middle
School in Farmington Hills. As one
of his many mitzvah projects, he was
involved in the b'nai mitzvah program
at Friendship Circle in West Bloomfield.
Elysa Tess Bryen
will celebrate her bat
mitzvah Saturday, Nov.
15, at Temple Israel
in West Bloomfield.
She is the daughter
of Marjorie and Eric
Bryen and the sister of
Madelaine. Her grand-
Bryen
parents are Jane and
William Godin. She is
also the grandchild of the late Lenore
Godin and the late Helen Bryen.
Elysa attends Dunckel Middle School
in Farmington Hills. Her most meaning-
ful mitzvah project was participating in
the Relay for Life in Ypsilanti.
Olivia Jamie
Finkelstein, together
with her parents,
Elnora and James
Finkelstein, and broth-
ers Alexander and
Ian, celebrated her bat
.
mitzvah at Havdalah
services Saturday, Nov.
Finkelstein
8, at Temple Israel in
West Bloomfield. She is the grandchild
of Florence and Lionel Finkelstein
and the late Loretta and the late James
Austell.
Olivia is a student at Cranbrook-
Kingswood Middle School, Bloomfield
Hills. Among her various mitzvah
projects, she felt volunteering at Temple
Israel's library was the most meaningful.
Brittani Erin
Friedland, daughter of
Tanuni and Dr. Mark
Friedland, will lead
the congregation at
Temple Israel in West
Bloomfield Saturday,
Nov. 15. She is the sis-
Friedland
ter of Brandon, Jarett
and Stephen. Sharing
in the simchah will be her grandmoth-
ers Sandra Rodman and Joan Friedland.
She is also the grandchild of the late
Stephen Rodman and the late Lester
Friedland and the great-grandchild of
the late Ethel and the late Sam Berman
and the late Reinie Bass-Blend.
A student at Orchard Lake Middle
School in West Bloomfield, Brittani par-
ticipated in the Motor City Mitzvah Day
and felt that was very meaningful to her.
B'nai Mitzvah
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