Family Focus

MAZEL TOV!

Dec. 10
Dr. Andrea (Janower)
and Daniel Monkman
of Farmington Hills are
thrilled to announce the
birth of their daughter,
Shayna Rachel (Shona
Ruchel). Sharing in their
Monkman
joy are proud grand-
parents Dr. Marty and
Rena Janower of West Bloomfield, Ilene
and John Monkman of Huntington Woods.
Delighted great-grandparents are Mary
and Don Monkman of Ladner, British
Columbia, and Saul Gross of Livonia.
Shayna is also the great-grandchild of the
late Shirley Gross. Shayna is named in lov-
ing memory of her paternal great-grand-
father Samuel Stoller and her maternal
great-great-grandmother Rose Stern.

June 6, 2009

Staci (Redisch) and the Hon. Jamie
Wittenberg of Berkley are thrilled to
announce with love the birth of their
identical twin daughters, Brooke Faith

Brett Grayson Bleier
will read from the
Torah as he celebrates
his bar mitzvah on
Saturday, June 12, at
Temple Israel in West
Bloomfield. He is the
son
of Carol and Dr.
Bleier
Jeffrey Bleier. His proud
grandparents are Joan and Dr. David
Goodman and Madeline Bleier. He is
also the grandson of the late Dr. Samuel
Bleier.
Brett is a student at Clifford Smart
Middle School in Commerce Township.
He participated in a variety of mitzvah
projects this past year; the most mean-
ingful was delivering meals on Mitzvah
Day 2009.

Allison Egrin (Rachel) of Southfield
will become a bat mitzvah at Temple
Beth El in Bloomfield Township on
Saturday, June 12. She is the daughter
of Stuart and Carol Egrin and the sister
of Adam Egrin. Proud grandparents are
Richard and Estelle Egrin, and Arline
Sylvest of Oak Park.
Allison attends Berkshire Middle
School in Beverly Hills. Among her
mitzvah projects is a donation of her
hair to Wigs for Kids.

Brandon Todd Ehrlichman, son of
Stacey and Jeffrey Ehrlichman and
brother of Blake, will celebrate his bar

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Brooke

Maya

Wittenberg

Wittenberg

(Baila Mana) and Maya Shaye (Mariasha
Berucha). The girls were welcomed
home by proud big sisters Arielle Cate
and Talia Drew. Sharing in their joy are
grandparents Joni and Steve Redisch
of Farmington Hills, Mollie Wittenberg
of Huntington Woods and Howard
Wittenberg of Clawson. Delighted
great-grandfather is Cantor David
Gutman. Brooke Faith is named in
loving memory of her paternal great-
grandmother Freda Belle Spector. Maya
Shaye is named in loving memory of her
maternal great-grandmother Margaret
Gutman.

mitzvah at Temple
Shir Shalom in West
Bloomfield on Friday,
June 11. Proud are
grandparents Fern and
Robert Wallach and
Gertrude Ehrlichman,
and great-grandmother
Ehrlichman
Shirley Liner. He is also
the grandson of the late
Howard Ehrlichman.
Brandon is a seventh-grader at
Orchard Lake Middle School in West
Bloomfield. His mitzvah projects includ-
ed helping children with special needs.

Daniel Louis
Eilender, son of
Amy Goldfaden and
Lawrence Eilender and
brother of Benjamin,
will be called to the
Torah as a bar mitz-
vah on Saturday, June
Eilender
12, at Adat Shalom
Synagogue in Farmington Hills.
Sharing in his simchah are his proud
grandmothers Sarah Goldfaden and
Sivia Eilender. Daniel is also the grand-
child of the late Louis Goldfaden and
the late Marvin Eilender.
Daniel is a student at Orchard Lake
Middle School in West Bloomfield.
Participating in the Friendship Circle's
summer miracle league was his most
meaningful mitzvah project.

Leah Brooke Frankel
(Vadya Leah) will
read from the Torah
and lead the Havdalah
service on Saturday,
June 12, at Temple
Shir Shalom in West
Bloomfield. She is the
Frankel
daughter of Barrie and
Kevin Frankel of Huhtington Woods.
Proud to share in her bat mitzvah are
siblings Marcus and Molly, and grand-
parents Annette Berson, Susan and
David Burke, and Carol and Jerome
Frankel. Leah is also the granddaughter
of the late Mark L. Berson.
Leah is a student at Norup
International School in Oak Park.
Among her meaningful mitzvah expe-
riences is volunteering at Friendship
Circle in West Bloomfield.

Dylan Hunter
Gendelman celebrated
his bar mitzvah as he
read from the Torah
on Saturday, May 15,
at Temple Sinai in
Denver, Colo. He is the
son of Patrice and Jim
Gendelman
Gendelman and the
brother of Cole, Jesse,
Justin and Natalie. Proud grandparents
are Cookie and Victor Koblin of West
Bloomfield and Joan and Jack Saltz of
New York.
Dylan is a student at the middle
school in Cherry Hill, Colo. His most
meaningful project was working at the
Joshua School for Autistic Children in
Cherry Hill.

Danielle Katz will
be called to the Torah
as a bat mitzvah on
Saturday, June 12, at
Congregation Shaarey
Zedek Southfield. She
is the loving daughter
of Gary and Donna
Danielle Katz
Katz of Bloomfield
Hills and sister to Ryan
and Ari. She is the grandaughter of Uri
and Aliza Zachor of West Bloomfield
and Philip Katz, also of West Bloomfield.
She is also the granddaughter of the late
Barbara Katz. Proud great-grandparents
are Sonny and Shirley Blatt of Southfield
and Mimi Sasson of Israel. Her late
great-grandfather was Amos Sasson.
Danielle enjoyed working with JARC
in Farmington Hills as one of her mitz-
vah projects.

Oliver Reese Katz, son of Margie and
Marc Katz of Greenlawn, N.Y., will be
called to the Torah as a bar mitzvah
on Saturday, June 12, at Huntington
Jewish Center in Huntington, N.Y. He
is the brother of Henry and Lillian
and the grandson of Adria and Marvin
Aronovitz of West Bloomfield and
Paulette and Harlan Katz of Granger,
Ind. Oliver is also the great-grandson
of Essi Katz of Mishawaka, Ind., as well
as the late Lillian and the late Irvin
Meckler and the late Sophie and the late
Harry Aronovitz.
Oliver is a seventh-grade student at
Oldfield Middle School in Greenlawn.
His tikkun olam project included mak-
ing weekly meals in the synagogue
kitchen for the Jewish Nutritional
Network of Long Island.

Joshua Zachary
Marvin, son of Lori
and Kevin Marvin and
brother of Alexander,
will celebrate his bar
mitzvah on Friday, June
11, at Temple Israel in
West Bloomfield. He is
Marvin
the grandson of Patricia
and Howard Schlaffer
and Sue and Doug Marvin. Sharing in
the simchah will be great-grandparents
Virginia and Leo Jacobs.
Joshua attends Clifford Smart Middle
School in Walled Lake. Through a pro-
gram he helped organize at a restaurant,
he raised funds for Parkinson's disease
as one of his mitzvah projects.

Aaron Moskovitz
(Itzak) will celebrate
his bar mitzvah on
Saturday, June 12, at
Temple Kol Ami in
West Bloomfield. His
very proud parents
are Elyse and Corey
Moskovitz
Moskovitz. Celebrating
in this special occa-
sion with Aaron will be sisters Leah
and Shayna. Aaron is the grandson
of Joan and Leon Moskovitz and
Toby Migdalewicz and the late Gerald
Migdalewicz.
Aaron attends Abbott Middle School
in West Bloomfield. His mitzvah proj-
ects included helping out at Farmington
Hills-based JARC.