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Jan. 27
Marissa and Daniel
Kaplow of Washington,
D.C., are happy to
announce the birth of
their daughter, Yael
Vered. Sharing in their
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joy are proud grand-
Kaplow
parents Mindy and
Fred Shuback of West
Bloomfield and Mark and Dr. Rivka
Kaplow of Highland Park, N.J. Thrilled
great-grandparents are Sharon and
Ormond Sacks of Delray Beach, Fla.,
and Yitzchak Ben-Meir of Rye, N.Y., and
Jerusalem, Israel. Yael is named in loving
memory of her paternal great-grand-
mother Olga Schatz and maternal great-
great-grandmother Vera Wilensky.
Nov. 6
Doug and Lisa Velick of
Superior, Colo. (Doug is
formerly of Southfield),
announce the birth of
their daughter Charli
Avery Velick (Chaviva
Abiri). Big sisters
are Randi and Aidin.
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Velick
Proud grandparents are
Leonard and Nancie
Velick of Boulder, Colo. (formerly of
Southfield), and Dennis and Linda Harris
of Burbank, Calif. Charli is named in
memory of her paternal great-grand-
father Casper Velick and her maternal
great-grandmother Anna Giuffiida.
Nov. 3
Rachel (Stern) and Todd
Matzkin-Bridger of West
Bloomfield announce
with much love the birth
of their daughter, Talia
Eden. Welcoming Talia
home is excited big
Matzkin-
brother and fellow Tiger
Bridger
fan, Ari Seth. Talia is the
granddaughter of Bill
and Judy Stern of West Bloomfield, Joice
Matzkin-Bridger of Farmington Hills and
Andrew and Donna Bridger of Chicago.
She is the great-granddaughter of Larry
(Mashie) Stern of Farmington Hills.
Talia is the great-granddaughter of the
late Adell Gittleman and the late Sarabel
Stern. She is named in loving memory
of her maternal great-grandfather Eddie
Gittleman and her paternal great-grand-
father Homer Bridger.
Seth Ryan Allen, son
of Marcy Allen and
Ken Snow and Aaron
Allen, will read from the
Torah as he celebrates
his bar mitzvah at
Temple Israel in West
Bloomfield Saturday,
Allen
March 19. His grand-
parents are Eileen and
Gordon Abel and Barbara Allen and the
late Daniel Allen.
Seth attends Berkshire Middle School
in Beverly Hills. He volunteered at
Farmington Hills-based JARC and felt
working with this organization was very
meaningful as a mitzvah project.
Jacob (Jack) Ryan
Bacow (Yaakov) of
Huntington Woods will
become a bar mitzvah
at Temple Emanu El in
Oak Park on Saturday,
March 19. He is the son
of Joel and Deneen and
Bacow
the brother of Benjamin.
Proud grandparents are
Sarah and Marty Bacow. He is also the
grandson of the late Richard and the late
Dorothy Mulka.
Jacob attends Norup International
School in Oak Park. His mitzvah project
involved volunteering at the Friendship
Circle in West Bloomfield.
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Hannah Ruth Chosid
will become a bat mitz-
vah at Temple Beth
Emeth in Ann Arbor
on Saturday, March 19.
Her parents are Katie
and Matt Chosid. Her
siblings are Benjamin,
Chosid
10, and Rachel, 6.
Proud grandparents
are Richard and Sharon Bockoff, Barbara
Bockoff, Richard and Cherie Chosid.
Hannah is a student at Tappan Middle
School in Ann Arbor. Her mitzvah project
involved the Humane Society.
Justin Louis
Hamburger (Yakov
Elezar) will be called
to the Torah as a bar
mitzvah on Saturday,
March 19, at Temple
Beth. El in Bloomfield
Township. He and his
Hamburger
older sister, Paige, are the
children of Wendy and
Douglas Hamburger. He is the grandson
of Barbara and Jonathan Haber and Lois
and Richard Hamburger.
Justin is a seventh-grade student at
Roeper Middle School in Birmingham. He
participated in a wide variety of mitzvah
projects and found it most meaningful
when he assisted with the distribution
of holiday gifts for the Old Newsboys'
Goodfellows Fund of Detroit.
Matthew Franklin
Hollander will be
called to the Torah
as a bar mitzvah on
Friday, March 18, at
Temple Israel in West
Bloomfield. He is the
son of Bonnie and
Hollander
Gary Hollander and the
brother of Darren and
Kadie. Sharing in this joyous event will be
his grandparents Laura and Daniel Hoffer
and Harriett and Leo Hollander.
Matthew attends Dunckel Middle
School in Farmington Hills. His mitzvah
projects included volunteering for Friends
of the Rouge River, helping with cleanup,
bug sampling and planting projects.
Jacob Alexander
Jennings of Bloomfield
Hills was called to the
Torah as a bar mitzvah
on Saturday, March 12, at
Congregation Shaarey
Zedek in Southfield.
He is the son of Nadine
and Brian Jennings and
Jennings
the brother of Zachary,
Marki and Madison. Proud grandparents
are Dr. Seymour and Dorothy Rapp and
Ronald and Delores Jennings.
Jacob is a seventh-grader at Derby
Middle School in Birmingham. For one of
his mitzvah projects he volunteered at Yad
Ezra in Berkley and Gleaners in Detroit.
Joseph Abraham
Pearistein of Commerce
Township will be
called to the Torah
as a bar mitzvah on
Saturday, March 19, at
Congregation Beth
Shalom in Oak Park.
Pearistein
He is the son of Suzi
and Alan Pearlstein and
brother of Sam. His grandparents are
Robert Harris of Boca Raton, Fla., and
the late Gail Harris, Sophie Pearistein of
Southfield and the late Sam Pearistein. His
great-grandfather is Ben Harris of Wilton,
Conn.
Joey is a seventh-grade student at
Walnut Creek Middle School in Walled
Lake.
Ashley Brooke
Simmons read from the
Torah at Temple Beth El
in Bloomfield Township
on Saturday, March 12,
as she celebrated her bat
mitzvah. Her proud par-
ents, Cindy and Harlan
Simmons
Simmons, her brother
Ryan, grandparents
Janet and Jerry Liebow and Edith and
Milton Simmons celebrated with her.
Ashley attends Clifford Smart Middle
School in Walled Lake. For her mitzvah
project, she felt very good about volun-
teering at the Michigan Animal Rescue
League.
Yonatan Israel Weiss
(Yoni) was called to the
Torah as a bar mitzvah
on Saturday, March
12, at Congregation
Or Chadash in Oak
Park. He is the son
of Jordana Weiss of
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Huntington Woods
Weiss
and David Weiss of
Southfield and the
brother of Aryeh (Ari) and Ilan. Sharing
in the celebration were proud grandpar-
ents Jil Hammer, Joel Gottlieb and Avra
and Leslie Weiss. Yoni was also blessed to
have great-grandmothers Marcia Hammer
and Elizabeth Weiss join him for his sim-
chah.
Yoni is a seventh-grader at Hillel
Day School of Metropolitan Detroit in
Farmington Hills. His bar mitzvah proj-
ect included performing puppet shows
for children's groups and school service
projects.
How To Submit
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