Family Focus

MAZEL TOV!

Nov. 14
Adam and Rebecca
(Lincoln) Scheinfield
of Franklin are elated
to announce the
birth of their son,
Cruz Ronin (Levi).
Welcoming home
Scheinfield
Cruz is big brother,
Xan, 3. Proud grand-
parents include Gail Lincoln (G.G.),
Dennis (Zaydie) and Grandma Evie
Scheinfield, Judi (Meme) Scheinfield
and Harvey (Papa) Babcock. Ecstatic
great-grandparents include Honorable
Jim and Kim Lincoln, Olga Adler and
Janet Levenson.

April 7
Judge Marc and Lori Barron of
Birmingham elatedly announce the

Julia Elaine Chudler
and Anthony Steven
Chudler, children of
Drs. Angel and Loren
Chudler, will share the
bimah as they lead
the congregation at
Temple
Israel in West
Julia
Bloomfield
Friday,
Chudler
Feb. 4.
They are the siblings
of Jack and Nicholas.
Sharing in the cel-
ebration will be their
grandparents Linda and
David Roth, Brenda and
Jerry Chudler and Steve
Fabiano and very proud
great-grandmothers
Anthony
Rose Roth, Bonnie
Chudler
Stone and Lucielle
DeRose.
Julia attends Geisler Middle School
in Commerce Township and Anthony
is a freshman at Walled Lake Western
High School. They both felt that their
most meaningful mitzvah project was
helping the elderly at Grand Court of
Novi.

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birth of their son,
Quinn Baker
Barron, brother of
Brooks, 21/2. He shares
a birthday with his
maternal grandmother.
He easily melts the
hearts of grandpar-
Barron
ents Dr. Barry and
Carole Rubin, Melvin
and Geri Kaftan, and Nora Lee and Guy
Barron, and prefers to drool on great-
grandpa Papa Milton Kogan, all whom
reside in Michigan. Quinn is named
after his wonderful, indulgent great-
grandmother Gloria Broner Kaftan, a
haimish baker. He will hear the stories
of her life, and of his late great-grand-
parents Allen Kaftan and Evelyn Kogan,
Toba and Bert Smokier and Florence
and Brooks Barron.

Samuel Phillip
Hurwitz will be called
to the Torah as a bar
mitzvah on Saturday,
Febr. 5, at Temple
Emanu El in Oak
Park. He is the son of
Harvey and Ruth, big
Hurwitz
brother of Eli and the
grandson of Charlotte
Corner. Sam is also the grandson of the
late Phillip Corner and the late Sam
and the late Jeannette Hurwitz.
Sam is a seventh-grader at Norup
International School in Oak Park.
His mitzvah project, Birdhouses for
Brovary, raised money for a struggling
Jewish community in the Ukraine; Sam
and his family painted themed bird-
houses and sold them, generating more
than $600.

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Jacob Benjamin
Kirsch, son of
MaryAnn and Ron
Kirsch and brother of
Rachel and Gabrielle,
will read from the
Torah as he celebrates
his bar mitzvah
Kirsch
Saturday, Feb. 5, at
Temple Israel in
West Bloomfield. His grandparents are
MaryAnn and Allan Harrell and the
late Sheila and the late Jacob Kirsch.
Jacob is a student at Oak Valley
Middle School in Commerce Township.
Donating his time to Yad Ezra in
Berkley was the mitzvah project he felt
was the most meaningful.

Miriam Nava
Knoppow Saperstein
will be called to the
Torah as a bat mitz-
vah on Saturday, Feb.
5, at B'nai Israel
Synagogue in West
Bloomfield. She is the
Saperstein
daughter of Susan
Knoppow and David
Saperstein and the sister of Josh and
Sammy. Miriam's proud grandparents
are Sharon and Jerry Knoppow and
Lynda and Stanley Saperstein.
Miriam is in the seventh grade at
Hillel Day School of Metropolitan
Detroit in Farmington Hills. For her
mitzvah project, she volunteered at the
Prentis and Teitel senior apartments in
Oak Park, where she helped with movie
nights, pizza parties and other activi-
ties.

Jake Harrison
Schwartz will lead
the congregation of
Temple Israel in West
Bloomfield Saturday,
Feb. 5, as he celebrates
his bar mitzvah. He
is the son of Lisa and
Schwartz
Paul Schwartz of West
Bloomfield and the
brother of Alex and Dylan. His proud
grandparents are Faye Schwartz and
Kaye and Stan Miller. He is also the
grandson of the late Arthur Schwartz
and the great-grandson of the late
Estelle Moggel.
Jake attends Cranbrook Middle
School in Bloomfield Hills. His most
meaningful mitzvah project was col-
lecting sports equipment for needy
children through Sports Gift.

How To Submit Announcements

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community. Anniversaries, engagements and weddings with a photo
(preferably color) can appear at a cost of $18 each. Births are $10. There is
no charge for bar/bat mitzvahs or for special birthdays starting at the 90th.
For information, contact Editorial Assistant Sy Manello at smanello@
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e-mailed copy of guidelines.

Beare-Kahn

isa and Jeffrey Beare and Dee Dee and
Douglas Kahn, all of Scottsdale, Ariz., are
thrilled to announce the engagement of
their children Abby Alec Beare and Daniel Eric
Kahn.
Abby graduated from Arizona State University
and is a kindergarten teacher in Phoenix. Danny
graduated from Western Michigan University and
is a commercial real estate broker in Phoenix.
Abby, formerly from Farmington Hills, and Danny,
formerly from West Bloomfield, met and live in
Phoenix.
The Beares and Kahns look forward to a Labor
Day weekend celebration in Scottsdale with family
and friends.