moments

MAY 6

Michelle (Unger) and
Eddie Rubin of West
Bloomfield are delight-
ed to announce the
birth of their daugh-
ter, Beatrice Lou
(Bracha Sarah). Proud
Rubin
grandparents are Rick
and Renee Unger of
Commerce and Edie
Fagenson-Rubin of West Bloomfield.
Beatrice is named in honor of her
grandfather Berry Rubin and her great-
grandmother Shirlee Unger.

of Novi, and Pam and Cary Statfield
of Holland, Mich. Overjoyed great-
grandparents are Paula Benson of
West Bloomfield, and Bartley and Irene
Haydu of Carmel, Ind. Hayden’s Hebrew
name, Benson Shalom, is in honor of
his late great-grandfather Herbert S.
Benson and his great-grandma Paula
Benson.

MARCH 14

Brandon and Heather
(Pearson) Statfield
of Kent, Wash., are
pleased to announce
the birth of their son,
Hayden Michael,
brother of Brielle.
Statfield
Thrilled and in
love grandparents
are Linda and Bill
FitzGerald of White Lake, Don Pearson

Peter and Laura
(Pearson) Capoccia
of White Lake are
pleased to announce
the birth of their son,
Callen Andrew, broth-
er of Leeia. Thrilled
Capoccia
and in love grandpar-
ents are Linda and Bill
FitzGerald of White
Lake, Don Pearson of Novi, and Sue
and Mark Capoccia of West Bloomfield.
Overjoyed great-grandparents are Paula
Benson of West Bloomfield and Jane
Dulmage. Callen’s Hebrew name, Taavie
Shalom, is in honor of his late great-
grandfather Herbert S. Benson.

Shea Robert Cooney,
surrounded by family
and friends, will lead
the congregation in
prayer on the occasion
of his bar mitzvah at
Temple Israel in West
Bloomfield on Saturday,
Nov. 25. He will be
joined in celebration by

his proud parents, Jessica and Thomas
Cooney, and brothers Sawyer and
Landon. He is the grandchild of Hedy and
David Blatt, Fran Bochiccio and Thomas
Cooney Sr.
Shea is a student at Bloomfield Hills
Middle School. As part of his mitzvah
experience, he volunteered with the
Miracle League of Michigan, helping chil-
dren with special needs play baseball.

MAY 2

Cooney

Aidan Lane
Fishkind, son of
Jennifer and Adam
Fishkind, will chant
from the Torah on
the occasion of his
bar mitzvah at
Temple Israel in
West Bloomfield on
Fishkind
Friday, Nov. 24. He
will be joined in
celebration by his brothers Jake and
Joey and grandparents Barbara and
Larry Haber, and Toby Faber.
Aidan is a student at West Hills
Middle School in Bloomfield Hills.
As his most meaningful mitzvah
project, he organized a returnable
can drive and provided donations to
the Jewish community for Hurricane
Harvey relief.

Sydney Logan
Gartrell led the
congregation in
prayer on the occa-
sion of her bat
mitzvah at Temple
Israel on Saturday,
Nov. 4. She was
joined in celebra-
Gartrell
tion by her proud
parents, Nikki and
Jason Gartrell, and brother Brady.
She is the loving grandchild of
Marla and Jimmy Gartrell, the late
Barbara and Sanford Brodsky, and
the late Loretta Barton. She is the
great-grandchild of Herbert
Woolman, and the late Gloria

Woolman.
Sydney attends Orchard Lake
Middle School in West Bloonfield.
Among her many mitzvah projects,
she found collecting tzedakah to
donate to the Multiple Sclerosis
Society the most meaningful as this
organization is near and dear to her
heart.
Chase Ryan
McAvoy, son of
Nicole and Philip
McAvoy, will read
from the Torah as
he becomes a bar
mitzvah at Temple
Israel in West
Bloomfield on
McAvoy
Saturday, Nov. 25.
He will be joined in
celebration by his proud parents
and sister Bailey. Chase is the loving
grandchild of Gretchen and the late
Dr. William Roubeck, and Susan
and Donald Buist.
He is a student at Norup
International School in Oak Park. As
his most meaningful mitzvah proj-
ect, Chase created a fundraiser for
Charity Ball, a global soccer charity
that delivers new soccer balls to
children in poverty-stricken com-
munities.

Zeman-Podolsky

Shiffman-Sandberg

A

L

nn and Jonathan Podolsky
of Bloomfield Hills
announce the engage-
ment of their daughter Elizabeth
Michelle to Joshua Louis, son of
Marci and Paul Zeman of West
Bloomfield.
Elizabeth earned a B.A. in
linguistics at the University of
Michigan in Ann Arbor, and
an M.A. in speech and lan-
guage pathology at Eastern
Michigan University in Ypsilanti.
She is employed at Psygenics Inc. in Detroit, where she works as a speech
and language pathologist.
Joshua earned a B.A. in political science at the University of Michigan in
Ann Arbor and a J.D. at Wayne State University Law School in Detroit. He is
employed at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan in
Detroit, where he clerks for a federal judge.
A January wedding is planned at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield. •

iza Renee Shiffman,
daughter of Irv and
Marla Shiffman of West
Bloomfield, and Brenner Casey
Sandberg, son of Jon and Joanna
Sandberg of Excelsior, Minn., and
the late Julie Casey, were recently
married on the North Shore off
Lake Superior in Two Harbors,
Minn.
The ceremony took place under
a chuppah with a cover made
from the wedding gown worn by
Liza’s mother and grandmother, combined with a piece of fabric from appar-
el worn by Brenner’s mother, making a beautiful family heirloom. Rabbi
Alan Shavit-Lonstein officiated.
The newlyweds reside in a suburb of Minneapolis, where Brenner is
employed at Tilt-Lock as a design engineer and Liza is employed at the
headquarters for Life Time as a senior finance manager, while pursuing her
MBA.
They look forward to honeymooning in Hawaii. •

continued on page 32

30

November 23 • 2017

jn