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Jan. 31
Wendy (Cohen)
and Michael
Dorfman of
West Bloomfield
are excited to
announce the birth
of their daughter,
Dorfman
Kendall Chayce
(Atalya Chayele).
Kendall was welcomed home by
her excited brother Hayden and
sister Lindsey. Proud grandparents
are Lenore and Stanley Dorfman
of Bloomfield Hills, Marlene Cohen
of Farmington Hills and Edward
Cohen of West Bloomfield. Kendall
is named in loving memory of her
paternal great-grandmother Ceil
Silverman.

Jan. 17
Jeff and Nicole Aptekar of Chino
Hills, Calif., are thrilled to
announce the births of their son
Jacob Milton Aptekar, daugh-
ter Olivia Anne Aptekar and
daughter Ava Margaret Aptekar.
Paternal grandparents are Richard
Aptekar of Burlingame, Calif., and
Linda Eisenberg of Dallas, Texas.
Paternal great-grandparents are
the late Milton and Anne Aptekar
who resided in Detroit.

The Handy twins

Jan. 10
Allison and Breck Handy of Corte
Madera, Calif., are delighted to
announce the birth of their twin
daughters, Avery Cynthia and
Halley Frances. Excited grand-
parents are Marsha and Dave
Bocan of Los Angeles, Calif., Gail
Thornton of Sun Valley, Idaho, and
Phil Handy of Orlando, Fla. Happy
great-grandmother is Madeline
Kaplan of Novi. Avery Cynthia
is named in loving memory of
her maternal great-grandmother
Cynthia Bocan. Hailey Frances is
named in loving memory of her
paternal great-grandfather Francis
Handy.

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Dec. 28
Drs. Lauren
Katz and Joel
Rubenstein of Ann
Arbor are thrilled
to announce the
birth of their
son, Gil Raphael
Rubenstein
Rubenstein.
Excited big sis-
ters are Hannah Libi and Mia
Rani. Loving grandparents are
Marvin and Sharon Turboff Katz
of Houston, Texas, and Saul and
Joyce Rubenstein of Bloomfield
Township. Welcoming her ninth
great-grandchild is Joel's maternal
grandmother Lillian Finkelstein-
Falick. Gil Raphael is named in lov-
ing memory of his paternal great-
grandfather Philip Rubenstein and
his maternal great-grandmother
Rachel Katz.

Dec. 26
Jordan Rosenberg
and Laura
Gerlants are over-
joyed to announce
the birth of
their daughter,
Laya Chana
Rosenberg. Proud
grandparents are
Sheldon and Debbie Rosenberg of
West Bloomfield, Alexander and
Svetlana Gerlants of Waterford,
and great-grandmothers Helen
Shapiro of Farmington Hills and
Luba Faybusovich of Southfield.
Laya is named in loving memory
of her great-grandmother Anne
Rosenberg and second great-
grandmother Rivka Faybusovich.

Nov. 10
Susie and Marty
Parker of Glencoe,
Ill., joyfully
announce the birth
of their daugh-
' ter, Brooke Ella
(Rut Nahcamah).
Parker
Proud grandpar-
ents are Elissa and
Danny Kline of West Bloomfield
and Carole and Martin Parker
of Glencoe. Brooke is named in
English in loving memory after
her aunt Barbara Rubiner and her
paternal great-grandmother Ella
Parker. In Hebrew, Brooke is named
after her maternal great-grand-
mothers Ruth Kass and Naomi
Kline.

Oct. 12
Ira and Lisa
(Hollenberg)
Winer of Oak
Park are pleased
to announce the
birth of their
daughter, Eliora
Dina Winer. Big
brother Joey, 6,
and big sister Amalya, 11/2, were
excited to welcome Eliora home.
Proud grandparents include
Edward and Susan Hollenberg
of Southfield and Leonard and
Charlene Winer of Chesterfield, Mo.
Proud great-grandmothers include
Erna Weiss of Oak Park, Leila
Winer of Akron, Ohio, and Helen
Kornspan of Youngstown, Ohio.

Aug. 6
Jenna and Zack
Chutz of Berkley
proudly announce
the birth of their
precious daugh-
ter, Sophia Lynn
(Sophia). Thrilled
Chutz
first-time grand-
parents are Debbie
and Jeff Chutz of Bloomfield Hills
and Kathy and Peter Fredrickson
of Troy. Sophia is named in loving
memory of her great-aunt Karen
Chutz. She is also the great-grand-
daughter of the late Pearl and the
late Alfred Brooks and the late Lee
and the late George Chutz.

June 25
Stacey (Silverstein)
and Fredric Lusky
of Bloomfield Hills
are thrilled to
announce the birth
of their daughter,
Taylor Brooke
Lusky
(Tzviah Bayla).
Welcoming Taylor
home with hugs and kisses is big
sister Jordyn, 2. Sharing in their
happiness are proud grandpar-
ents Gwen Silverstein, Dianne and
Joseph Silverstein and Harriett and
Seymour Lusky of West Bloomfield.
Taylor is also blessed to have
her great-grandparents Mildred
and Jerome Kornheiser of West
Bloomfield. Taylor is named in lov-
ing memory of her paternal great-
grandmother Belle Greenbaum and
paternal great-uncle Harry Shy.

Madeline Alpert of
Huntington Woods will be
called to the Torah as a bat
mitzvah on Saturday, March
5, at Congregation Beth
Shalom in Oak Park. She is
the daughter of Jan and Steven
Alpert
and sister of Jennifer
Alpert
and Jonathan. Her proud
grandparents are Cynthia and
Stanley Volinsky of New York, N.Y., and Dr.
Edward Alpert of Bloomfield Hills. She is also
the granddaughter of the late Agi Alpert.
Maddy is a seventh-grade student at Norup
International School in Oak Park. For her
mitzvah project, she worked with children
who have special needs and attend Norup,
Burton Elementary and the Huntington
Woods Recreation Center.

Barner

Rachel Elizabeth Barner of
Eastpointe will be called to
the Torah as a bat mitzvah on
Saturday, March 5, at Temple
Beth El in Bloomfield
Township. She is the daughter
of Robert (Stefani) Barner
and Natalya (Bill) Murphy
and the granddaughter of Bob
and Natalie Barner and Igor

and Vera Gesse.

David Myles Darmon
read from the Torah at
Congregation Beth Ahm in
West Bloomfield on Saturday,
Feb. 26, as he celebrated his bar
mitzvah. Sharing in the celebra-
tion were proud parents Elaine
and Jacques Darmon, sister
Darmon
Alexis and grandparents Ruth
and Gilbert Plotnik and Eliane
and Lucien Darmon.
David attends Cranbrook/Kingswood School in
Bloomfield Hills. His mitzvah projects included
visiting the elderly and disabled at group homes.

Caleb Fredric Duchan will
celebrate his bar mitzvah at
Congregation Shir Tikvah in
Troy on Saturday, March 5.
He is the son of Gary and
Ann Duchan of Huntington
Woods and the brother of
Benjamin, Jacob and Noah.
Duchan
Proud grandparents are Harold
and Phyllis Duchan of West
Bloomfield and Shirley Bennett of Montague,
Mich.
Caleb is a student at Hillel Day School of
Metropolitan Detroit in Farmington Hills. One of
his mitzvah projects involved bringing his dog to
visit patients at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak
through their pet therapy program.