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Ava Carrick

Marv and Eleanor Weinstein

SPECIAL MOMENTS

Smiling 50 Years Later

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leanor Greenbaum and Marvin
Weinstein were introduced by
mutual friends Les Asimov and
Al Granitz in a written letter in 1962.
At the time, the young men were
classmates at Eastern Michigan
University and Eleanor was a junior
in high school. In a kibitz, Les and
Al bet that Eleanor and Marv would
eventually marry. They wrote this
prediction on a piece of paper and
signed, sealed and delivered it to
Marv.
Marv went all out on that first
date April 21, 1962. He took Eleanor
downtown to a movie (Judgment at
Nuremberg) and dinner on a double

Evans twins

date with Al and his date. “We man-
aged to have a fun time despite
the intense movie and Al Granitz.
But that’s a story for another time,”
Eleanor writes.
Eleanor and Marv had a four-year
courtship and married Nov. 20, 1966,
at Congregation B’nai Moshe. Fifty
years later, their family consists of
children Jeff, Rob and Deb, who mar-
ried Fenella, Emily and Matt, who
created grandchildren Brooklyn,
Josie, Alivia, Marcus and Tessa.
“We smile because we are grate-
ful for the memories our family have
given us and look forward to many
more,” Eleanor writes.

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JUNE 8
Elissa (Kraft) and Chet Evans of Chicago, Ill., are
delighted to announce the birth of their children, Alex
Benjamin and Ivy Harper. Thrilled grandparents are
Karen and Jeffrey Kraft of Farmington Hills, and Susie
and Art Evans of Highland Park, Ill. Alex is named
in loving memory of his maternal great-grandfather
Alex Kraft and his paternal great-grandfathers Burton
Benjamin Levy and Benjamin Evans. Ivy Harper
is named after her maternal grandmother Helen
Kanners. Alex and Ivy are also the great-grandchildren
of the late Ella Kraft and the late Earle V. Kanners.

Asher Carrick

Ava Rose Carrick and Asher David
Carrick will share the bimah at Temple
Israel in West Bloomfield on Friday, Nov.
25, as they celebrate their b’nai mitzvah.
They are the loving children of Randi
and Adam Carrick. Sharing in their cele-
bration will be their proud grandparents
Elaine and Mort Golden, and Bonnie and
Michael Rosenberg.
Ava and Asher attend Bloomfield Hills
Middle School. For one of their mitzvah
projects, Ava and Asher planned and
orchestrated a gently used shoe and new
sock drive for donation to the Baldwin
House. They found this experience to be
very rewarding.

Noah Chase Cooper,
son of Dana and Jason
Cooper, will become a
bar mitzvah on Friday,
Nov. 25, at Temple
Emanu-El in Oak
Park. Joining him in
his celebration will be
Cooper
his brother Jake and
his grandparents Diane
and Herb Morrison, and Lorry and Jerry
Cooper.
Noah is a seventh-grade student at
Norup International School in Oak Park.
For his mitzvah project, he is collecting
and donating sports equipment to the
Matrix Center, a community center in
Northeast Detroit that assists children
ages 7-17 with a safe afterschool and
summer facility.

Friedman 90th

Kogan 50th

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eo Friedman of West Bloomfield cel-
ebrated his 90th birthday on Sept. 24 at
Alfoccino’s. Attending were 50 family
members and friends. Photos were shown of
Leo over the years, and several people made
congratulatory remarks.

Jack Seel

Madison Seel

Jack Ryan Seel and Madison Samantha
Seel, children of Drs. Debbie and David
Seel, will share the bimah at Temple
Israel in West Bloomfield on Saturday,
Nov. 26, as they celebrate their b’nai mitz-
vah. Sharing in their celebration will be
their siblings Lillie and Sophia and proud
grandparents Phyllis Seel, and Claudia
and William Borowski. They are also the
grandchildren of the late Dr. Allen Seel.
Jack is a student at Birmingham
Covington School in Bloomfield Hills;
Madison attends Derby Middle School in
Birmingham. They performed many mitz-
vah projects, but each felt volunteering for
PeerCorps Detroit, a program of Repair
the World, was the most meaningful.
Through this yearlong program, Jack and
Madison worked alongside other chari-
table youth and residents of Detroit to cre-
ate a bridge from the suburbs to the city.

Benjamin Rafael
Hornsten Stern will
lead the congregation
in prayer as he cele-
brates his bar mitzvah
at Temple Israel in
West Bloomfield on
Saturday, Nov. 26. He is
Stern
the loving son of Rabbi
Marla Hornsten and
Dr. Sheldon Stern and brother of Erica,
Jessica and Danny. Benji is the grand-
child of Claire and the late Burton Stern,
and Jo Ann and Tom Hornsten.
Benji is a student at West Hills Middle
School in West Bloomfield. As part of his
mitzvah project, he v olunteered every
Sunday as a classroom helper in the
Tyner Religious School at Temple Israel,
which he found to be very rewarding.

ayna (Meckler) and Natalio Kogan of
West Bloomfield are marking their
50th wedding anniversary. They were
married on Nov. 23, 1966, at the Northland
Inn in Detroit. Mazel tov to this inspiring
couple is extended by their children, Ellen
(Barry) Finestone, Marc (Drora) Kogan and
their eight grandchildren.

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