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,11 Feb. 28
Mona and Lee Lazar
of Oak Park, Ill., are
pleased to announce
the birth of their
daughter, Leila Michal,
sister of Noa and Sadie.
Proud grandparents
Lazer
are Roberta and John
Lazar of Farmington
Hills. Happy great-grandparents are Gary
and Bev Skoog of Elmhurst, Ill. Leila was
named in memory of Micheal Kushner.
Belen
Jan. 7
Meg and Cary Belen
of Tucson, Ariz., are
pleased to announce the
birth of their daughter
Blake Zoey (Golda
Shana). Grandparents
`t are Donna and
Jack Belen of West
Bloomfield, and Judy
Ben Joseph Jerris will
lead the congregation
at Temple Israel in
West Bloomfield
Friday, June 14, as he
celebrates his bar
mitzvah. He is the son
of Laurie Jerris and
Jerris
Brad Jerris. His sister
Emily and grandpar-
ents Nancy and Nathan Kolender,
Debbie and Henry Gornbein, and
Rebecca and Clayton Jerris will share in
the simchah. The family is thrilled to
have great-grandmother Reva Gornbein
with them for the celebration.
Ben attends Walnut Creek Middle
school in Walled Lake. He felt help-
ing children at West Bloomfield-based
Friendship Circle was the most mean-
ingful of his mitzvah projects.
Joshua Cohen will
celebrate his bar mitz-
vah Saturday, June 15,
at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek in
Southfield. His proud
parents are Drs. Steven
and Susan Cohen of
Cohen
Franklin. Josh is the
youngest brother of
Jaymie, Samuel and Noah Cohen.
Sharing in the simchah are grandparents
Robert and Shirley Cohen and grand-
mother Marilyn Mayers, all of Cleveland,
Ohio. Joshua is the grandson of the late
Dr. Herbert Mayers.
Joshua is a seventh grader at
Berkshire Middle School in Beverly
Hills. For his mitzvah project, Josh col-
lected books that will be given to the
William Beaumont Children's Hospital
Pediatric Clinic.
and Mike Stewart of Troy. Blake is named
in loving memory of her great-grandpar-
ents.
Nov. 10, 2012
Dr. Eric and Suzanne
(Broadman) Bershad
of Houston, Texas, are
thrilled to announce
the birth of their son,
Joshua Alexander
(Yehoshua). Sharing in
Bershad
their joy were big sister,
6-year-old Georgette,
and proud grandparents Ruchel Broadman
of Jacksonville, Fla., and Stan and Barbara
Bershad of West Bloomfield. He is also
the grandson of the late Dr. Stephen
Broadman. Joshua is the 10th great-grand-
child of Elsie Yellin of Jacksonville. Joshua
is named in loving memory of his paternal
great-grandfather Dr. Joseph Slusky and
his maternal great-great-great-grandfather
Abraham Milstuk.
Sarah Kyla Lynch,
together with her par-
ents, Rebecca and
Russ Lynch, and
brother Adam, will
celebrate her bat mitz-
vah at Temple Beth El
in Bloomfield
Lynch
Township on Saturday,
June 15. Her proud
grandparents are Dennis and Dolores
Lynch. She is also the grandchild of the
late Robert and the late Bonnie Wine.
Sarah attends O.E. Dunckel Middle
School in Farmington Hills. Her most
meaningful mitzvah project was work-
ing at Gleaners Food Bank, packing
boxes of food for the needy.
DATE:
Friday, July 12, 2013
TIME:
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Isabella Sophia
Marchione was called
to the Torah as a bat
mitzvah on Saturday,
June 1 at Temple
Emanu-El in Oak Park.
Isabella is the daughter
of Linda and Victor
Marchione
Marchione of
Huntington Woods,
sister of Aviva and Shayna, and of her late
infant brother and sister, Nolan Leonard
and Kala Arielle Marchione. Also joining
in the happiness were her grandparents
Arlene Weinberger, Ken and Leah
Weinberger, and Frank Marchione. With
her in spirit were her late grandmothers
Sue Weinberger and June Marchione.
Isabella is a seventh-grader at Norup
International School in Oak Park and
has devoted many years to commu-
nity service work. She has worked at
Gleaners Food Bank with her parents for
the last seven years, volunteering every
other month by packaging food for the
less fortunate.
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