MN( Family Focus -DOV-LW tpf MAZEL TOV The Jerry Ross Band Skyline & The Back Street Horns •Rumplestiltskin •LUSA • Nightline •Persuasion •Cassens Murphy Band •Simone Vitale Band •intrigue •Sun Messengers •Radio City Visit our web site www. lorioross.com Newsmaker Joyride Hot Ice LO-1/10 -ROSS ST-{-11LING itiT1-1/TAINMINT Call for free video consultation Since 1972 July 5 248-398-9711 rvlitzvahs • Weddings Corporate Events/ 142762:, 1 4,57 1 :, arAmez r4.1 1-866-626-3909 Craig Singer M.D. Certified Mohel I nto A cut above the rest! www.BrisMD.com home: 248-626-6868 pager: 248-317-0417 Northwest Dermatology Group, P.C. (248) 353-0880 B18 January 1 • 2009 iN Aug. 14 Julie and David Grand of Ann Arbor joyfully announce the birth of their son, Samuel Nathan (Chaim Natan). Big sister Madeline, 3, welcomes her little brother with hugs and kisses and is proud of her elevated status in the family. Thrilled grandparents are Myrna and Joe Grand of West Bloomfield and Ellen and Mark Berson of Greenfield, Mass. Sam is also blessed to have three inspiring great-grandmothers, Freda Grand of Southfield, Etta Schiller of Lincolnwood, Ill., and Shirley Gordon of Morristown, N.J. He is named in loving memory of his maternal great- grandmother Sadye Berson, maternal great-great-grandparents Nathaniel and Nettie Korostoff, and paternal great-grandfather Herman "Hy" Grand. 1465840 Danielle (Safran) and Yisroel Sigler of Huntington Woods are blessed to announce the birth of their daughter, Briya Eva. Ecstatic sister Sigler Maliyah, 2, welcomed Briya home with love and kisses. Sharing the nachas are maternal grandparents Fred Safran and Anne (Rovin) Class, paternal grandparents Rivka (Tatelbaum) Sigler and Aron Sigler and great-grandpar- ents Ruth and Gabriel Sigler. Briya is named in loving memory of pater- nal great-great-grandmother Batya (Bashke) Tatelbaum and maternal great-grandfather Harry Rovin. March 15 Amy (Sabbota) and Bryan Gottlieb of Huntington Woods announce with much love the birth of their son, Ari Samuel (Shmuel). Showering Ari with kisses are big sisters Bella, 4, and Joely, 2. Proud grandpar- ents are Elaine and Harvey Sabbota of Southfield and Alan and Arlene Gottlieb of West Bloomfield. Proud great-grandparents are Gloria and Alvin Dunn of West Bloomfield. Ari is named in loving memory of his paternal great-grandfather Samuel E. Gottlieb. Avishai Samuel Haley, son of Elyza Richmon and Jeff Spinner Haley, will celebrate his bar mitzvah on Saturday, Jan. 3, at Beth El Synagogue Haley in Durham, N. C. He has two sisters, Davida Segal, 10, and Shoshana Sivan, 7, and is the grandson of Arlene and Harry Richman of Omaha, Neb., Mildred and Edward Rosenbaum of West Bloomfield and the late David Spinner. Avishai is a seventh-grade student at Smith Middle School in Chapel Hill, N.C. For his mitzvah project, he is working with a teenage refugee to assimilate into the community by helping him with homework, learning English and exploring his new home. Siblings Honor Brother Brad Otis, 21, read Torah and chanted the haftorah on Saturday, Dec. 27, at Adat Shalom Synagogue in Evan Otis Farmington Hills to honor the memory of his brother Evan who died in 1998 at age 21/2, and, had he lived, would have celebrated his bar mitzvah on that date. Also participating in the service were Evan's other siblings, Kyle Otis, 11, and Camryn Otis, 9. Brad is a junior at Michigan State University, and Kyle and Camryn attend Hillel Day School in Farmington Hills. Bonnie and David Otis watched their children with pride as they honored Evan's memory. MAZON Bestows Award MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger has given this year's Cramer Award to Agostinho "Augie" Fernandes, former Augie president of Gleaners Fernandes Community Food Bank in Detroit. The award is given annually in honor of outstanding commitment and service to the fight against hunger. Fernandes had been the president of Gleaners since 2002.