Family Focus

MAZEL TOV!

Malcoun twins

July 8
Caitlin Klein and Joseph Malcoun
announce with joy the births of
Eva Judith and Mayer Anthony.
Delighted great-grandmother is
Betty Cohen and delighted grand-
parents are Elaine and Dr. Anthony
Malcoun. The twins are the great-
grandchildren of the late Dr. Lewis
Cohen.

June 17
Stephanie
(Lovinger) and
Seth Roseman of
Farmington Hills are
thrilled to announce
the birth of their
son, Micah Gabriel
Roseman
(Micah Gavriel).
Proud big brother is
Raphael (Rafi). Elated grandparents
are Karen and Allan Lovinger of
Farmington Hills, Lou and Cheryl
Roseman of Solon, Ohio, and Sally
and Leonard Brown of Gates Mills,
Ohio. Micah is the great-grandson
of Judy Kramer of Lyndhurst, Ohio.
Micah is named in loving memory
of family friend Alexandra Marie
Graham and paternal great-uncle
Gary Michael Kramer.

April 30
Joe and Debra Zeff
of Cambridge, Mass.,
were thrilled to
welcome their new
son, Darren Adam.
Darren joins his
2-year-old brother
Zeff
and future partner-
in-crime, Elliot. He
is named for great-grandpa Dave
and great aunt Adele. Grandparents
are Larry and Jackie Zeff of West
Bloomfield, Mark and Ina Katzman
of Stratton Mountain, Vt.

April 26
Rachel Weiss-Berger and Rabbi
Benjamin Berger of Columbus, Ohio,

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are delighted to
announce the birth
of their daughter,
Eliana Minna.
Loving big sisters
are Tovah Ubi, 3,
and Avital Yona, 18
months. Sharing in
Berger
the joy are grand-
parents Trudy and
Arthur Weiss of Farmington Hills,
Anita and David Rabenowitz of
Scottsdale, Ariz., Susan and Harris
Berger of Los Angeles, Calif., and
thrilled great-grandmother Gloria
(GiGi) Levine of Sarasota, Fla. Eliana
is named in loving memory of her
great-grandmother Minna Stein.

April 19
Olga (Flomin) and
Todd Swanson of
Berkley are delight-
ed to announce
the birth of their
daughter, Abigail
Julianna (Zlata).
Swanson
She is lovingly
welcomed home by
her siblings Maxwell and Anneliese.
Grandparents Marina and Natan
Flomin of Farmington Hills, Bobbi
and Carl Swanson of San Ramon,
Calif., and great-grandparents Berta
Markman and Boris Smolyar of Oak
Park are elated with her arrival.
Abigail's Hebrew name is in honor of
her great-great-grandmother.

March 11
Nikki (Fleischer)
and Adam London
of Bloomfield
Hills are excited to
announce the birth
of their daugh-
ter, Emma Paige
(Davida Mariam).
Sharing in their joy
are proud grandparents Linda and
George Fleischer of West Bloomfield
and Stephany and Steve London of
West Bloomfield. Delighted great-
grandmothers are Marta Fleischer of
West Bloomfield, Lilly Farkas of West
Bloomfield and Florence Roberts
of Tamarac, Fla. Emma is named
in loving memory of her paternal
great-grandfather David London and
maternal great-great-grandmother
Malvin Reichman.

Georgia Sarah
Dutton, daughter
of Deborah and
James Dutton, will
celebrate her bat
mitzvah Saturday,
Aug. 21, at Temple
Israel in West
Dutton
Bloomfield. Sharing
in the simchah will
be her proud grandparents Rita
and Dr. Bernard Leff. She is also the
grandchild of the late Betty and the
late Richard Dutton.
Georgia attends Walnut Creek
Middle School in Walled Lake. Her
most meaningful mitzvah project
was helping families adopt cats and
dogs at Last Chance Rescue.

Jaime Aren
Ettinger, the son
of Ron Ettinger
and Cheryl (Joel)
Steinberg, and the
younger brother to
Jordan, will become
a bar mitzvah on
Ettinger
Saturday, Aug. 21,
at Temple Beth
El in Bloomfield
Township. He is the grandson of Sy
and Sandie Resnick, Renee Ettinger
and the late Jerry Ettinger.
Jaime is an eighth-grader at
Berkshire Middle School in Beverly
Hills. Among his many mitzvah proj-
ects was volunteering for Meals on
Wheels.

Garrett Owen
Katz, son of Jackie
and Steve Katz and
brother of Rachel,
Dani and Kevin, will
read from the Torah
as he celebrates
his bar mitzvah
Katz
Saturday, Aug. 21,
at Temple Israel in
West Bloomfield. He is the grandson
of Phyllis and Ken Katz, Pam and Dr.
Gene Sklar, Fern Rott and the late
David Rott.
Garrett is a student at Cranbrook
Kingswood Boys Middle School in
Bloomfield Hills. Among his various
mitzvah projects, he felt volunteer-
ing at Gleaners Food Bank was the
most meaningful.

Alexander Noah
Marx, together
with his parents,
Jennifer and Scott
Marx, will celebrate
his bar mitzvah at
Havdalah services
Saturday, Aug. 21,
Marx
at Temple Israel in
West Bloomfield.
Sharing in the simchah will be his
grandparents Karen Marx and David
Rosenman. He is also the grandchild
of the late Stephen Marx and the late
Susan and the late Brian Ahearn.
Alexander attends Walnut Creek
Middle School in Walled Lake. One
of his mitzvah projects was volun-
teering at the Friendship Circle in
West Bloomfield and he plans to
extend his participation beyond his
mitzvah project.

Amanda Simmons (Leah Rivka)
of Bloomfield Hills
will become a bat
mitzvah at Temple
Shir Shalom in
West Bloomfield at
Havdalah services
Saturday, Aug. 21,
She is the daugh-
Simmons
ter of Stacey and
Michael Simmons,
sister of Megan
Simmons and granddaughter of
Linda and Dr. Joseph Dobrusin and
Ruth and George Simmons.
Amanda is a student at Cranbrook
Kingswood Middle School in
Bloomfield Hills. Among her many
community service projects, she
taught ice-skating to children and
adults with mental, physical and
emotional challenges through
Variety Far Conservatory.