Sept. 7
Lindsay (Cooper)
and Nic Gilbert
of Royal Oak wel-
come the birth of
their daughter,
Kylie Jo. She is the
first grandchild
for Mark and Jo
Cooper of Royal
Oak and for Larry and Rita Gilbert
of Muskegon. Kylie is the first great-
grandchild for Carol Cooper and Dr.
Richard Williams of Bloomfield Hills
and the late Irving Cooper.
Jacob Carl Bayer
(Yakov Kalman) will
be called to the
Torah as a bar mitz-
vah on Saturday,
Nov. 17, at Temple
Shir Shalom in
West Bloomfield. He
Bayer
is the son of
Michelle and Dan
Bayer and brother of Jaden. Sharing
in the simchah will be proud grand-
parents Elaine and Ken Feldman,
Margi Bayer, and great-grandmother
Betsy Bayer Peterman. He is also the
grandson of the late Robert Bayer.
Jacob attends West Hills Middle
School in Bloomfield Hills. For his
mitzvah project, he volunteered at
and raised money for Almost Home
Animal Shelter in West Bloomfield
because he found his current dogs
through a pet rescue.
Abigail Leigh
Brickman, daughter
of Stacy and Neil
Brickman, celebrat-
ed her bat mitzvah
on Saturday, Nov.
10, at Adat Shalom
Synagogue. She is
Brickman
the sister of Rachel
and Isabel. Sharing
in the simchah were proud grandpar-
ents Elaine Brickman and Susie and
Jerry Gold. She is also the grand-
daughter of the late Murray
Brickman.
Abby is a student at Orchard Lake
Middle School in West Bloomfield.
Her most meaningful mitzvah project
is playing with other kids and help-
ing at the Friendship Circle in West
Bloomfield.
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Francie (Paull) and
Mike Fruitman of
Ferndale announce
the birth of their
daughter, Starla
Belle Fruitman
(Shiri Kohava).
Sharing in the
happiness are
grandparents Rhoda Paull of West
Bloomfield, and Ilene and Ronald
Fruitman of Farmington Hills. Starla
is named in loving memory of her
grandfather Stephen M. Paull and
great-grandmother Belle Fruitman.
Allison Jane Licht
Mackey will be
called to the bimah
at Temple Israel in
West Bloomfield as
she celebrates her
bat mitzvah
Saturday, Nov. 17.
Mackey
She is the daughter
of Lainy and David
Mackey. Her proud grandparents are
Maxine and Calvin Mackey, and
Arlene Licht. She is also the grand-
daughter of the late Ronald Licht. The
family is thrilled to have great-grand-
mother Rose Mackey with them to
share the festivities.
Allison is a student at Cranbrook
Kingswood Girls Middle School in
Bloomfield Hills. She felt it was very
meaningful, as a mitzvah project, to
participate with Rise International,
raising funds to help build schools in
Africa.
Emily Rachel
Meretsky (Yael
Ronit), daughter of
Amy and Andre
Douville and Steven
Meretsky and sister
of Zachary, Jacob
and Elin, was called
Meretsky
to the Torah on
Saturday, Oct. 27, at
Congregation Shaarey Zedek in
Southfield. Proud are grandparents
Suretta and Alan Must, Terri and
Bruce Selik, Susan Meretsky, Dr.
Robert and Chirle Douville-Glinski,
and great-grandmother Rose Selik.
Emily is also the granddaughter of the
late Ronald Meretsky.
Emily attends West Hills Middle
School in Bloomfield Hills. Among her
many mitzvah projects, feeding the
homeless was the most meaningful to
her.
Jake Ryan Nelson,
son of Jodi Nelson
and Marc Nelson and
brother of Ashley, will
celebrate his bar mitz-
vah Saturday, Nov. 17,
at Temple Israel in
West Bloomfield. His
Nelson
grandparents are
Joyce and Elliott
Nelson, Rita Starr and the late Joseph
Starr. The family is delighted to have
great-grandmother Martha Burnstein
with them for the simchah. His late
great-grandfather is Morris Burnstein.
Jake is a student at Novi Middle
School. He performed many mitzvah
projects but felt donating to Yad Ezra
in Berkley was the most meaningful.
Levi Mercer Rosett,
son of Megan Rosett
and Lauren and
Jayson Rosett, will
lead the congrega-
tion at Temple Israel
in West Bloomfield
Friday, Nov. 16, as he
Rosett
celebrates his bar
mitzvah. He is the
brother of Chase and River. Sharing in
the simchah will be proud grandpar-
ents Barbara and Bob Rosett, Carol
Weinberg and Michael Smith, Betty
Weinberg, and Paula and Michael
Shapiro. He is also the grandson of the
late Larry Weinberg.
Levi attends Derby Middle School
in Birmingham. He felt it was espe-
cially meaningful to donate funds to
Beaumont Hospital Cancer Research as
part of his mitzvah experience.
Sara Seid
Thea Seid
Sara and Thea Seid will be called to
the Torah as b'not mitzvah on
Saturday, Nov. 17, at Congregation
B'nai Moshe in West Bloomfield. They
are the twin daughters of Michelle and
Jerome Seid and sisters of Jacob. They
are the grandchildren of Ellen Mauss,
the late Saralee and Sheldon Bross, and
the late Richard Seid.
Sara and Thea attend Hillel Day
School of Metropolitan Detroit in
Farmington Hills. Both girls have par-
ticipated in several mitzvah projects.
The project that had the most mean-
ingful impact on them was their expe-
rience as active volunteers for Yad Ezra
Kosher Food Pantry in Berkley.
Jason Joshua Teper
(Yakov Meir) will
become a bar mitz-
vah at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek in
Southfield on
Saturday, Nov. 17. He
is the son of Jennifer
Teper
and Steve Teper,
brother of Melanie
and grandson of Anna and Yale Levin,
Brenda and Richard Rader, and the
late Gerald Teper.
Jason is in seventh grade at Hillel
Day School of Metropolitan Detroit in
Farmington Hills. He participated in
several mitzvah projects in conjunc-
tion with both Hillel and Shaarey
Zedek, but his most meaningful was
assisting Forgotten Harvest with pack-
aging and labeling food.
Lauren Elizabeth
Watsky, together
with her parents
Pam and Randy
Watsky and brother
Mitchell, will cele-
brate her bat mitz-
vah Friday, Nov. 16,
Watsky
at Temple Israel in
West Bloomfield. As
she reads from the Torah, her proud
grandparents Dolores and Maury
Bloch, and Hebby Watsky will share in
the simchah. She is also the grandchild
of the late Bubbles Watsky and the
great-grandchild of the late Yetta
Mednick.
Lauren is a student at 0.E Dunckel
Middle School in Farmington Hills. She
volunteered at Fleishman's Senior Tea
Time in West Bloomfield and felt this
mitzvah project was very worthwhile.
Dylan Alexander
Wittenberg, son of
Lisa and Alan
Wittenberg, will read
from the Torah on
the occasion of his
bar mitzvah
Saturday, Nov. 17, at
Wittenberg
Temple Israel in
West Bloomfield. He
is the brother of Max and Elle. His
proud grandparents are Ellen and
Allen Apfelblat, Eileen and Sidney
Bradley, and Carol and Larry
Wittenberg. He is the great-grandson
of Ruben Katz. His late great-grand-
parents are Bessie Katz, Rose and Sam
Stewart, Estelle and David Wittenberg,
and Hinda and Louis Apfelblat.
Dylan is a student at West Hills
Middle School in Bloomfield Hills.
His donation to the Susan G. Komen
Foundation in memory of Suzanne
Bartholowmew is the mitzvah project
he feels most meaningful to him.