Family Focus
MAZEL TOV!
Oct. 24
Justin and Gayle
(Gordon) Remner
of Oak Park are
excited and happy to
announce the birth of
their son, Benjamin
Elijah. Sharing in their
Remner
happiness are grandpar-
ents Chuck Gordon and
Ellen Dorshow-Gordon of Lees Summit,
Mo., and George and Leslie Remner of
Glen Allen, Va. Benjamin is named in lov-
ing memory of his maternal great-grand-
father Bennie Dorshow and his paternal
great-grandmother Eileen Remner.
Oct. 3
Ophira Edut and Jeffrey
Sleebos of New York, N.Y.,
are pleased to announce
the birth of their daugh-
ter, Cybele Carolyn,
sister of Clementine and
Cody. Grandparents are
Sleebos
Shimon and Rabbi Dorit
Edut of Huntington Woods.
Oct. 2
Lisa and Darin Glasser
of Aliso Viejo, Calif., are
proud to announce the
birth of their daughter,
Taylor Marie (Hannah
Rivka). She was wel-
comed home by her big
Glasser
brother Justin Joshua,
2. Excited grandparents are Nancy and
Stephen Glasser of Farmington Hills and
Suzanne and Michael Sharrock of St. Paul,
Minn. Thrilled great-grandparents are
Clarence and Gloria Lubben of Orland
Park, Ill. Taylor is named in loving
memory of her great-grandmothers Helen
Schlussel and Ruth Glasser. She is also the
great-granddaughter of the late Morris
Schlussel, the late Arthur Glasser and the
late Josephine and Edmund Sharrock.
Oct. 1
Berenice and Steven
Dubrinsky of
Birmingham, Ala., are
proud to announce the
birth of their daughter,
4 Emma Valerie. Ecstatic
big sisters are Samantha
Dubrinsky
and Madison; excited big
brother is Alex. Thrilled
grandmother is Michele Dubrinsky of
Birmingham. Emma is also the grand-
daughter of the late Max and the late
Isabel Dubrinsky, great-granddaughter
of the late Morris and the late Helen
Schlussel and the late Isadore and the late
Lillian Dubrinsky.
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Sept. 8
Eli and Adina (Ungar)
Noff of Baltimore,
Md., are delighted to
announce the birth
of their son, Gavriel
Reuven (Gabriel
Rubin). Welcoming him
Noff
home with love (and to
share her toys) is big
sister Tamar Aliza. Proud grandparents
are Dr. David and Leah Ungar of Oak
Park and Rabbi Yuval and Aviva Noff of
Baltimore. Thrilled great-grandparents
are Alex and Hannah Ungar and Fayga
Herman of Oak Park and Aliza Peretz of
Hadera, Israel. Gavriel is also the great-
grandson of late Rubin Herman, the
late Rabbi Simcha and the late Freida
Babajanov, and the late Michael Peretz.
Gavriel Reuven is named in loving
memory of his maternal great-grandfa-
ther, Rubin (Reuven) Herman.
April 16
Adam and Wendy
(Rosin) Kaye of
Mamaroneck, N.Y.,
enthusiastically
announce the birth of
their son, Ari Caleb
Kaye. Eager to welcome
Kaye
him home is his big
brother Jonah Henry. Sharing in their
happiness are his grandparents Sandy
and Glenn Rosin of Bloomfield Hills,
Avril and Michael Kaye of Rye Brook,
N.Y., and his great-grandmother Beryl
Israelite of Durban, South Africa. Ari
is named for his late great-grandfather
Asher Israelite and his late great-grand-
mother Celia Dorf.
May 28
Oriana and Joshua
Barnett of Ann Arbor
joyfully announce
the birth of their son,
Morris Harrison.
Morris was proudly
welcomed home by big
Barnett
sister Lea, 3. Gratefully
sharing in their joy
are grandparents Marsha Barnett and
Adrian Holmes of Walled Lake, Ronald
and Pamela Barnett of Lake Worth, Fla.,
Shakira Chun of Ypsilanti, Kimball and
Vicky Chun of Dearborn. Proud great-
grandparents are Betty Barnett of Oak
Park, Prudence Barnabei of Ypsilanti
and Margaret Chun of Ypsilanti. Also
remembered are late great-grandparents
Nathan Barnett, Nazareth Barnabei,
Kimball Chun and Morris and Dorothy
Bovitz.
Emily Jordyn Benderoff
will be called to the
Torah as a bat mitzvah
on Saturday, Dec. 11, at
Congregation Shaarey
Zedek in Southfield. She
is the daughter of Carol
and Bruce Benderoff
Benderoff
and sister of Lauren. Her
proud grandparents are Lenore and Eddie
Mitteldorf and Ann Benderoff. She is also the
granddaughter of the late Dr. Fred Benderoff.
Emily attends Derby Middle School
in Birmingham. She has participated in
many mitzvah projects and continues to
enjoy volunteering at the Friendship Circle
in West Bloomfield.
Alexis Madison Carey
(Sara Miriam), daughter
of Rebecca and Rodney
Carey and sister to Randi,
read from the Torah as
she became a bat mitzvah
on Saturday, Dec. 4, at
Temple Shir Shalom in
Carey
West Bloomfield. Proud
grandmothers are Elaine Kaufman and
Marlene Carey and great-grandmother
Mabel Gmazel. Allie is also the granddaugh-
ter of the late Richard Gooel, the late Douglas
Carey and the late Myron Kaufman and the
great-granddaughter of the late Bert and the
late Alma Gooel and the late Virginia Carey.
Allie is a seventh-grade student at West
Hills Middle School in Bloomfield Hills.
Her mitzvah project will include volun-
teering at the Fleischman Residence in
West Bloomfield.
Noah Harris Katzman,
son of Alissa and Rob
Katzman and brother of
Sam, will celebrate his
bar mitzvah at Temple
Shir Shalom in West
Bloomfield Saturday, Dec.
11. He is very thankful to
Katzman
have his proud grandpar-
ents Maxine Ordower and
Sookie and Norman Ordower share this
special day with him. His grandparents, the
late Marie and the late Al Katzman, will be
especially missed.
Noah is a student at West Hills Middle
School in Bloomfield Hills. Among his
mitzvah projects, he has worked at Yad Ezra
in Berkley.
Sydney Rose Laub will
lead the congregation at
Temple Israel in West
Bloomfield Friday, Dec. 10,
as she celebrates her bat
mitzvah and reads from
the Torah. Her parents are
Karen Laub and Gregory
Laub. She is the sister of Jami and Ryan.
Her proud grandparents are Marilyn and
Barry Charlip and Lynne and Bob Laub.
Sydney attends Berkshire Middle School
in Beverly Hills. As part of her mitzvah expe-
rience, she has twice cut her hair for Locks
for Love, and felt this was very meaningful.
Zachary Benjamin
Stashefsky, son of Lori
and Robert Stashefsky,
will be called to read from
the Torah and lead the
Havdalah services as a
bar mitzvah on Saturday,
Dec. 11, at Congregation
Stashefsky
B'nai Moshe in West
Bloomfield. Sharing in his
simchah will be his proud grandparents
Olivia and Leonard Hammer and Rosann
and Donald Stashefsky.
Zachary attends Walnut Creek Middle
School in Walled Lake.
One of his most meaningful mitzvah
projects was volunteering at Children's
Hospital in Detroit.
Madeline Alexa Stein
will be called to the Torah
as a bat mitzvah on
Saturday, Dec. 11, at Adat
Shalom Synagogue in
Farmington Hills. She is
the daughter of Debbie
and Steven Stein and the
Stein
sister of Jonah. Her proud
grandparents are Judy and
Al Stein and Charles Finkelstein. Madeline
is also the granddaughter of the late Elaine
Finkelstein.
Madeline attends West Hills Middle
School in Bloomfield Hills. She participated
in many mitzvah projects but felt that the
most meaningful was helping to feed the
homeless at Grace Centers of Hope.
Emily Danielle Unger,
daughter of Renee and
Rick Unger, sister of
Brian, Andrea, Scott,
Michelle, Samantha
and Joseph, will be
called to the Torah as a
bat mitzvah at Temple
Unger
Beth El in Bloomfield
Township on Saturday,
Dec. 11. Sharing in the simchah is proud
grandmother Shirlee Unger. Emily is the
granddaughter of the late Joseph Unger, the
late Sybil Einstandig and the late Newton
Einstandig.
Emily is an eighth-grade student
at Clifford Smart Middle School in
Commerce Township. Of her mitzvah
projects, the most meaningful was vol-
unteering at Friendship Circle in West
Bloomfield.