Sept. 15, 2013 Melissa (Kane) and Brad Wachler are thrilled to announce the birth of their daughter, Ellia Peyton. Welcoming her home were her excited big brothers Parker, 7, and Braiden, 4, and her big sister Arianna, 2. Ecstatic grandparents are Cheryl and Sheldon Kane, and Mindy and Buzz Wachler of West Bloomfield. Proud great-grandparents are Layne and Robert Colman, and Norman and Helen Wachler of Bloomfield Hills. Ellia is also the great-granddaughter of the late Pauline and the late Abraham Skore, the late Morris Weiss, the late Molly and the late Irving Kane, and the late Eileen Wachler. Jonathan Alpert of Huntington Woods will be called to the Torah as a bar mitz- vah on Saturday, April 12, at Congregation Beth Shalom in Oak Park. Alpert He is the son of Jan and Steven Alpert and brother of Jennifer and Madeline. His proud grandparents are Cynthia and Stanley Volinsky of New York, N.Y., and Dr. Edward Alpert of Bloomfield Hills. He is also the grandson of the late Agi Alpert. Jon is a seventh-grade student at Norup International School in Oak Park. For his mitzvah project, he enjoyed working at Yad Ezra in Berkley. 66 Bennett Joseph Greenberg will cele- brate his bar mitzvah at the Birmingham Temple in Farmington Hills on Saturday, April 12. He is the son of Elisa and Greenberg Ned Greenberg and brother of Sam and Talia. Bennett is the grandson of Carolyn and the late Hugh Greenberg, and Josefma Baltao and Gordon Stein. Bennett is in the seventh grade at Bloomfield Hills Middle School. For his bar mitzvah project, he worked with elementary school children at the Boggs School in Detroit. Madeline Ashley Katz, daughter of Jason Katz and Tammie Bodner, was called to the Torah as a bat mitzvah on Saturday, April 5, at Adat Shalom Katz Synagogue in Farmington Hills. Her proud older sister is Hannah, and her very proud grandparents are Judy Keys, Howard and Nancy Katz, and Aaron and Marilyn Bodner. Madeline is a student at Dunckel Middle School in Farmington Hills. Her most meaningful mitzvah project was volunteering every week at the Brown Adult Day Care Program in West Bloomfield for adults with memory impairment. Joshua Max Sherman will lead the congre- gation in prayer at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield on Friday, April 11, as he cele- brates his bar mitz- vah. Joining in his Sherman simchah will be his proud parents, Ellen and David Sherman, along with siblings Jessica, Andrew, Allie, Dakota and Lilli. He is the grandchild of Jane and Larry Sherman, the late Janet and the late Harold Jaffe, great-grandchild of Marjorie Fisher and the late Max Fisher and great-grandchild of the late Lillian and late Fred Sherman. Joshua is a student Cranbrook School in Bloomfield Hills. His most meaning- ful mitzvah project involved Play It Forward, for which he and his cousin collected gently used or new sporting equipment to donate to the Brightmoor Alliance in Detroit. Considering his love for sports, it was very special for him to be able to give children in need things that they could not get for themselves. Aviv Daniel Wolf, son of Sylvia Sherman Wolf and Randy Wolf and brother of Stanley, will read from the Torah on the occasion of his bar mitzvah Friday, April Wolf 11, at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield. His proud grandparents are Jane and Larry Sherman, Rosa Wolf and great- grandmother Marjorie Fisher. Aviv is also the grandchild of the late Stanley Wolf and great-grandchild of the late Max Fisher, the late Lillian and the late Fred Sherman, the late Helen and the late David Moor, and the late Lucille and the late Leon Wolf. Aviv is a student at Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit in Farmington Hills. For one of his mitzvah experi- ences, Aviv donated funds to Animals for Therapy in Kiryat Yearim Youth Village. 6881 Orchard Lake Rd., on the Boardwalk CANTOR SAMUEL GREENBAUM Certified Mohel — Answering all of your anesthetic & aftercare needs. F Skill, Sensitivity and Tradition come together to create your special Bris. Cell: (248) 417-5632 (248) 855-A BOY (2269) Office: (248) 547-7970 855ABoy@gmail. corn Maternity, Nursing & Baby Apparel I Diaper Bags I Nursery Decor & Bedding I Gifts Make it personal. 4 0-"••-.7, Join us May 2nd & 3rd for our loth birthday celebration! (Gifts they'll love!) THOMAS 1 sib,3:01 MEM •z PM February 7, 2013 co) ella .)1 . e111 CY BA BY MATERNITY • • • A • - • • - • I I 790 N. Old Woodward I Birmingham, MI 48009 I (248) 203 - 2220 JN April 10 • 2014 79