Family Focus

MAZEL TOV

Sept. 29
Dr. Rachel Goldstein
and Robert Olive of
Chicago, Ill., are proud
to announce the birth of
their son, Joshua Liam,
brother of Austin Julius
and grandson of Lynda
Olive
Olive of Northbrook,
Ill., and the late Julius
Olive, Jean Sinkoff Goldstein and Bernard
Goldstein of Oak Park.

July 24
Stacey (Rose) and
Bryan Budd of Berkley
announce with much love
the birth of their daugh-
ter, Cailee Jaclyn (Sarah
Yocheved). Welcoming
her with love are proud
Budd
grandparents Jeff Rose
of Farmington Hills, Tom
and Kathryn Budd of Livonia and Diane

Chad Hunter Coffman
is the son of Dana
and Dr. Eric Coffman
and brother of Jessica.
He will read from the
Torah as he celebrates
his bar mitzvah at
Temple Israel in West
Coffman
Bloomfield Saturday,
Oct. 24. He is the grand-
son of Henry Baskin, Phyllis and Stanley
Satovsky, Pearl Coffman and the late
Henry Coffman.
Chad attends Bloomfield Hills Middle
School. Among his various mitzvah
projects, he felt donating to the Tri
County Collie Rescue Society was the
most meaningful.

Audrey Hannah Elkus
(Arielle Chanah) of
Bloomfield Hills will
become a bat mitzvah at
Congregation Shaarey
Zedek West Bloomfield
B'nai Israel Center on
Saturday, Oct. 24. She is
Elkus
the daughter of Elizabeth
and David Elkus and
sister of Daniel. Proud grandparents
are Estelle and Philip Elkus and Arthur
Goodman. She is also the granddaughter
of the late Dorothy Goodman.
Audrey is a student at Cranbrook-
Kingswood Middle School in Bloomfield
Hills. Among her mitzvah projects, she has
made dolls for Hadassah Hospital.

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Kopka of Berkley. Also sharing in their
joy are great-grandparents Pat Davis and
Trudy Budd. Cailee is named in loving
memory of her maternal grandmother
Cindy Efrate.

July 21
Karen and Brian
Feldman of Grosse
Pointe Park are happy
to announce the birth
of their daughter, Avery
Reese. Welcoming her
home is big sister Kasey
Feldman
Ella, 2 1/2. Excited grand-
parents are Sherry and
Rob Feldman of Waterford and Ken and
Cindy Wright of Oxford. Avery is named in
loving memory of her great-grandmother
Adele Taubman.

April 23
Rachel (Raimi) and Scott Leibovitz of
Birmingham are thrilled to announce the

Sydney Rose Fine, daughter of Betsy
and Bob Fine of Minneapolis, Minn., led
the congregation at Temple Bet Shalom
on Saturday, Oct. 10, as she was called to
the bimah to celebrate her bat mitzvah.
She also participated in Friday evening
services on Oct. 9. She is the sister
of Abigail. Her proud grandparents
are Connie and Lauren Clayman and
Harland and Fran Fine of Commerce
Township. She is the great-grandaughter
of Doris Shaller.
Sydney attends Fair (Fine Arts
Inter-Disciplinary Resource) School in
Minneapolis. Her mitzvah project was
collecting, sorting and cleaning books
for the Books for America project.

Rachel Hirsch

Benjamin

Hirsch

Rachel Carlie Hirsch and Benjamin
Joseph Hirsch, children of Charlene
and Steven Hirsch, will celebrate their
b'nai mitzvah at Havdalah services
Saturday, Oct. 24, at Temple Israel in
West Bloomfield. Their proud grandpar-
ents are Norma and Dave Palmer and
Carol and Jim McCormick. Rachel and
Benjamin are also the grandchildren of
the late Carl Hirsch.
Both Benjamin and Rachel attend

birth of their daughter,
Julia Rose (Shoshana
Batya). Excitedgrand-
parents are Nancy and
Stephen Raimi, Rena
Leibovitz, Arie and
Karolyn Leibovitz, all
of West Bloomfield.
Leibovitz
Julia is named in loving
memory of her maternal
great-grandmother Gloria Rose Ellis and
her paternal great-grandmothers Sonia
Leibovitz and Bessie Rott.

April 22
Sarah (Bershad) and
Neil Sherman of West
Bloomfield are thrilled
to announce the birth
of their son, Maxwell
Izzy Shapiro Sherman
(Maxim Yisrael), baby
Sherman
brother of Natey, 3.
Overjoyed grandparents are Lenie and Ken

Orchard Lake Middle School in West
Bloomfield. Benjamin is a seventh-
grade student. His participation in the
Mitzvah Garden was the mitzvah project
he felt most meaningful. Rachel, an
eighth-grader, feels the mitzvah project
most meaningful to her is training to
become a madricha (aide) at Temple
Israel.

Mitchell Watzman
Jones (Tevma) of West
Bloomfield will become
bar mitzvah at Temple
Shir Shalom in West
Bloomfield on Saturday
Oct. 24. His proud par-
ents, Suzan and Jonathan,
and his sister Erica are
all looking forward to the
big day. His late grandparents, Mike and
Tema Watzman and Thomas and Tamara
Jones, would be very proud.
Mitchell is an eighth-grade student
at Orchard Lake Middle School in West
Bloomfield, who worked with children at
the Miracle League for one of his mitzvah
projects.

Krasnick

Marla Erin Krasnick
will be called to the
Torah as a bat mitzvah
on Saturday, Oct. 24, at
Congregation Beth
Shalom in Oak Park.
She is the daughter
of Jodie and Steven
Krasnick of Huntington
Woods and the sister of

Bershad of West Bloomfield and Debbie
and Howard Sherman of Windsor, Ontario.
Max and Nate's great-grandparents are
Dorothy Sherman of Hamilton, Ontario,
Rosa Bergman of Toronto and Pearl and Al
Shapiro of West Bloomfield. Max is named
in honor of his maternal great-grandfather
Moe Bershad and his paternal great-grand-
father Irwin Bergman.

March 18
Ioana (Pusta) and Phillip
Ben-Ezra of Farmington
Hills announce the birth
of their daughter, Maelani.
Big brothers are Brandon,
, 13, Logan, 11, and Aiden,
2. Happy grandparents are
Ben-Ezra
Floare and George Pusta of
Brownstown and David and
Leslie Ben-Ezra of West Bloomfield.

Ellie and Evan. She is the granddaugh-
ter of Marjorie and William Krasnick of
Huntington Woods and Janet and Arthur
Recht of Weirton, W. Va.
Marla is an eighth-grade student at
Norup International School in Oak Park.
For her mitzvah project, she traveled to
New Orleans and volunteered her time
with various community service projects
to assist post-Katrina victims.

Aviv Chaim Lis of
Farmington Hills will
lead the services at
Congregation Shaarey
Zedek Southfield on
Saturday, Oct. 24. He
is the son of Lisa and
Hannan Lis and the
Lis
brother of Ariella, Liat
and Mataan. Aviv is the
grandson of Florine Mark and Yosef Lis
and also the grandson of the late Irving
Mark and the late Ester Lis.
Aviv attends Hillel Day School of
Metropolitan Detroit in Farmington Hills
and volunteers at West Bloomfield-based
Friendship Circle.

Masserman

Margo Andrea
Masserman, together
with her parents, Cindy
and Brian Masserman,
will celebrate her bat
mitzvah at Temple Israel
in West Bloomfield
Saturday, Oct. 24. She is
the sister of Nolen and
the grandchild of Judy