life c Iles
Mitchell Jones
April 26
Taren Growe-
Deneau and Jason
Deneau of Oak
Park are thrilled to
announce the birth
of their daughter,
We are so proud of you for
graduating with Honors
and all your accomplishments,
but more importantly we are
proud of the choices you have
made and the person you have
become. Go Hoosiers
Deneau
Shoshan). Charlie's
grandparents are Steven and Bonnie
Growe, and Julie Growe, all of Oak
Park, Debra Antrikin of Warren, and
Jim and Dottie Deneau of Macomb
Township. Her great-grandparents
are Charles and Rachel Growe of Oak
Park. Charlie is named for her "papa"
on her mom's side and her grandma
on her dad's side.
We Love you!
Mom, Dad and Erica
CONGRATULATIONS ILLYSE,
Ryan Lee Beneson,
son of Karen and
Steve Beneson, will
be called to the
Torah as a bar mitz-
vah at Temple Israel
in West Bloomfield
on Saturday, May 31.
Beneson
Sharing in his cele-
bration will be his
brothers Adam and Zach. He will also
be joined by his proud grandparents
Elaine and Phil Beneson, Ann Berry
and Carl Berry.
Ryan attends Clifford Smart Middle
School in Commerce Township. He
raised money for the T-Strong Athletic
Fund at the Jewish Community Center
in West Bloomfield as part of his mitz-
vah experience.
We are so proud of your dedication
and all of your accomplishments.
You dreamt, you believed,
you strived, and you achieved.
Your determination and perseverance
will take you wherever you want to go.
Remember to follow your dreams,
listen to your heart, and know your
family will always be there for you.
Always stay true to yourself, kind
and compassionate towards others,
for that is what makes you so special.
We love you very much,
Mom, Dad, Allie and Grandma
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May 29 • 2014
Charlie Eliana
Deneau (Eliana
Jr
from the Torah on
the occasion of his
bar mitzvah on
Saturday, May 31, at
Temple Israel in
West Bloomfield.
Brooks
Joining in his cele-
bration will be his
proud parents, Amy and Jason Brooks,
and his sister Natalie. He is the grand-
child of Judith Colton, Richard and
Didi Colton, Aaron Brooks and the late
Suzanne Brooks.
Brandon attends Walnut Creek
Middle School in Walled Lake. Of
his many mitzvah projects, he found
donating funds to the American
Cancer Society to be the most mean-
ingful.
Dec. 19, 2013
Lauren (Sosin) and
Andrew Bender are
thrilled to announce
the birth of their
son, Ashton Levi.
The proud grand-
parents are Nancy
Bender
and Neil Sosin of
Bloomfield Hills,
and Marcia and
Michael Bender of Highland Park, Ill.
Welcoming Ashton home is excited
big brother Hayden. Also sharing in
their happiness is great-grandmother
Marjorie Shelden of Naples, Fla.
Ashton is named in memory of his
maternal great-grandmother Jean
Sosin.
Alexander Ian Gold
will celebrate his bar
mitzvah on Saturday,
May 31, at Temple
Shir Shalom in West
Bloomfield. He is the
son of Robyn and
Kirk Gold and the
Gold
brother of Bradley.
He is the grandson of
Marcia and Gary Cohen of Sylvan Lake
and the great-grandson of Gloria
Cohen of West Bloomfield. Alex is also
the great-grandson of the late Hyman
Cohen, the late Bertha and the late
Max Lofman.
Alex attends West Hills Middle
School in Bloomfield Hills. His favorite
mitzvah experience was helping out at
Shir Shalom on Sundays during reli-
gious school.
Jordyn Madison
Kravitz, daughter of
Lisa and Grant
Kravitz and sister of
Sari, will read from
the Torah on the
occasion of her bat
mitzvah at Temple
Kravitz
Israel in West
Bloomfield on Friday,
May 30. Joining in her celebration will
be her proud grandparents Lois Graff
Rubin, Cindy and George Rubin, and
Paula and Howard Kravitz, and great-
grandmother Bobbi Graff.
Jordyn attends 0. E. Dunckel Middle
School in Farmington Hills. For her
mitzvah experience, she organized
Jordyn's Forgotten Harvest Mitzvah
Project, where approximately 30 peo-
ple came to help pick squash and zuc-
chini at the Forgotten Harvest Farm.