Please join us as a taster at Temple Shir Shalom’s Sixth Annual Chicken Soup Cook-Off F OR ADVANCED T ICKETS $3/ CHILD $5/ ADULT $15/F AMILY T ICKET P URCHASE P LEASE C ALL 248-406-4255 Taste 20+ Soups! S PONSORS & P ROFESSIONAL E NTRANTS * Art Fishman Burning Bush Fund, Best Homes Title Agency, Cutting Edge Cuisine, Detroit Jewish News, Elwin & Company, Fran Bell, Franklin Village Boutique, Goren, Goren & Harris, P.C., Henry Ford WB Hospital, Huerto Tequila Bar, Jeff & Matt Barker Homes, Jersey Bagel Deli & Grill, Lisa & Joshua Sherbin, Lulu’s Coney Island, Market Basket of Franklin, Market Square of Bloomfield, Miller Vein, Panera Bread, Pegasus Entertainment, Phil Klein Insurance Group, Schneiderman & Sherman, Stage Deli, Steve's Deli, Tony's Deli life cycles » Crumley-Berman J ay and Nancy Berman of West Bloomfield and Mark and Sylvia Crumley of San Antonio, Texas, are thrilled to announce the engagement of their children Daniel Aaron Berman and Sara Michelle Crumley. Daniel, grandson of the late Edward and Jeanette Berman, the late Gilbert and Florence Rubenstein and Ann Rubenstein, is an alumnus of the University of Michigan and Camp Tamakwa. He works at Facebook in the Menlo Park, Calif., headquarters. Sara, granddaughter of the late Fred and Florence Crumley, the late Marion H. Crumley, and Rosendo and Antonia Saucedo, graduated from St. Edward’s University in Austin, Texas. She is the PR manager at Method, a producer of planet-friendly home care products. The couple met in San Francisco, where they reside, and are members of Congregation Sherith Israel there. An April wedding in Austin is planned. Schechter 60th S heila and Ron Schechter of Bloomfield Hills celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on Dec. 25 with family and friends. Delighted to share in the festivities were their children, Steve Schechter of Franklin and Marla and Bruce Schechner of Pleasantville, N.Y., along with loving grandchildren, Laura, Andrew, Brooke, Brandon, Zoe and great-grandchild Oliver. Conn-Kanter S Sunday, January 31 from 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM At The Corners, 2075 Walnut Lake Road, WB Co-Chairs: Rebecca Bershad & Terri Cooper Proudly supporting the efforts of: I Am My Brother’s Keeper Ministries, Young Adult Group of Temple Shir Shalom, Shir Shalom Religious School Scholarships, Team Alex & Make-A-Wish May the Best Soup Win... *A S OF 1-25-16 86 January 28 • 2016 edson Design herry and Jerry Kanter of West Bloomfield, along with Richard and Janet Belmont Conn of Bala Cynwyd, Pa., happily announce the marriage of their children Joshua Samuel Kanter and Allison (Allie) Belmont Conn. The ceremony took place in Philadelphia, and Rabbi Yaffa Epstein of Pardes officiated. Josh attended James Madison College at Michigan State University and earned a master’s degree in social work from the University of Michigan, focusing on Jewish communal leadership. He works as a plan- ning executive with the Commission on Jewish Identity and Renewal at UJA-Federation of New York. Allie earned a bachelor’s degree at Penn State University and holds a master’s in experiential Jewish education from the Davidson School of Education at the Jewish Theological Seminary. She is the director of engagement at Columbia/ Barnard Hillel. The couple met in 2010 in Ann Arbor while Josh was in graduate school and Allie was working at the University of Michigan Hillel. He proposed in Jerusalem in January 2015. They live on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.