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Techner twins

JULY 1
Chad and Whitney Techner of Royal
Oak are thrilled to announce the
birth of their twins, Eli Harrison
Techner and Miriam Rose Techner.
Grandparents are David and Ilene
Techner of Birmingham, and Cindy
Brown of Corvallis, Ore. Great-
grandparents are Herb Kaufman
of Southfield and Wilma Toevs of
Corvallis, Ore.

JUNE 18
Kate and David
Kurzmann of Royal
Oak are thrilled to
announce the birth
of their daughter,
Sari Caroline (Sara
Lior). Adoring
Kurzmann
grandparents are
Lisa and Danny
Kurzmann of West
Bloomfield, and Roberta and David
Feldman of Rochester, N.Y. Proud
great-grandparents are Florence
Feldman of Delray Beach, Fla.,
Florence Kirsch of Rochester, N.Y.,
Marjorie and Maurice Kurzmann,
and Stanley Aaron. Sari is named
in loving memory of her maternal
great-grandfather Seymour Kirsch
and paternal great-grandmother
Carole Aaron.

Naomi Lupovitch
will celebrate her bat
mitzvah Saturday,
Aug. 20, at B’nai
Israel Synagogue in
West Bloomfield. She
is the daughter of
Jeffrey Lupovitch and
Lupovitch
Alissa Citron. Sharing
in the simchah will be
her siblings Miriam,
Aviva and Ezra. Honored grandparents
are Henry and Janice Citron, and Aaron
and Rochelle Lupovitch.
Naomi attends Hillel Day School of
Metropolitan Detroit in Farmington
Hills. She has enjoyed volunteering at
Meer Apartments in West Bloomfield
through the Dor L’Dor program at Hillel.

MAY 4
Rene and Kenneth
Wolok are proud
to announce the
birth of their son,
Layton Jack. He is
welcomed by his big
brothers Landon
Wolok
and Ryan Wolok
and by his big sister
Jaclyn Weiss (Kevin) of Plantation,
Fla. Sharing the joy are grandparents
Rose Wolok of West Bloomfield, Lori
Doggett (Mike) of Waterford, Steve and
Denise Doggett; and great-grandpa Bill
Doggett of Commerce Township. He
is also the great-grandson of the late
Ruth Doggett. Layton’s Hebrew name
is Moshe, after his late grandpa Morris
Wolok.

APRIL 2
Julie (Rodgers) and
Gaven LaKritz of
West Bloomfield
are delighted to
announce with love
the birth of their
third son, Joey
LaKritz
Romeo LaKritz.
Sharing in the joy
are Joey’s two loving big brothers,
Sammy and Lenny. Ecstatic grand-
parents are Nancy and L.J. Rodgers
of Farmington Hills, and Liz and Bill
LaKritz of Commerce Township. Proud
great-grandfather is Bernie Schlesinger
of Boca Raton, Fla. Joey is the great-
grandson of the late Helen Applebaum,
Leo Applebaum, Rose Louise Rodgers,
Leonard Rodgers, Susan Schlesinger,
Janet LaKritz and Irving LaKritz. Joey
Romeo is named in loving memory of
his paternal great-grandmother Janet
LaKritz and his maternal great-grand-
mother, Rose Louise Rodgers.

Theodore “Ted”
Harry Schwartz will
be called to the Torah
as a bar mitzvah at
Adat Shalom
Synagogue in
Farmington Hills on
Saturday, Aug. 20. He
Schwartz
will be proudly joined
by his parents, Alison
and David Schwartz,
and his brothers Michael and William.
Also celebrating will be his loving grand-
parents Judith and Anthony Schwartz of
Cardiff, U.K., and Leatrice and Monty
Wick of London, U.K.
Ted is a student at Berkshire Middle
School in Beverly Hills. His many mitz-
vah projects include PeerCorps Detroit.

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