moments

JUNE 10, 2018
Lindsey Hoffman and Justin Memenga of Chicago are thrilled
to announce the birth of their first child, Asher Greyson
Memenga (Raz Matan). Ash Grey is welcomed with much joy
by his maternal grandparents Marilyn and Peter Jacobson of
West Bloomfield, Nancy and Kevin Hale, and Maggie and Brad
Memenga of Illinois. Asher is named in loving memory of his
maternal great-grandparents Rella and Max Fridman.

Brayden J. Brodsky,
son of Sue and Burton
Brodsky, will be called
to the Torah as a bar
mitzvah on Saturday,
Nov. 10, 2018, at
Temple Israel in West
Bloomfield. He will be joined in cele-
bration by his siblings Chase, Carson
and Olivia. Brayden is the loving
grandchild of Linda and the late
Easton Brodsky, and Phyllis and John
Hassey, and great-grandchild of
Juanita Victor.
Brayden is a student at Bloomfield
Hills Middle School. As part of his
most meaningful mitzvah project, he
volunteered at the Miracle League of
Michigan, where he partnered with
children who are mentally or physi-
cally disabled to help them play base-
ball. He also organized a father-son
softball game as a fundraiser for the
Miracle League.

Gabriel Chaim
Gordon was called to
the Torah and led the
congregation in prayer
as he became a bar
mitzvah on Saturday,
Oct. 20, 2018, at the
Woodward Avenue Shul in Royal
Oak. He is the beloved son of Jason
Gordon and the late Jennifer
Lanxner, and the brother of Joseph
and Eli Gordon. Joining in the cele-
bration were his proud grandparents
Eric and Sarah Gordon, Sara
Lanxner, and Cantor Ben-Zion and
Susan Lanxner.
Gabriel is a student at Hillel Day
School of Metropolitan Detroit in
Farmington Hills.

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Max Aaron Kovinsky,
son of Milton and
Cheryl Kovinsky, will
celebrate his bar mitz-
vah when he is called to
the Torah on Saturday,
Nov. 10, 2018, at
Congregation Shaarey Zedek in
Southfield. He is the brother of
Hannah and the grandson of Dr.
Stanley and Sandra Boykansky, and
Brenda Kovinsky and the late Henry
“Skip” Kovinsky.
Max attends Norup International
School in Oak Park. Among his mitz-
vah projects, he found volunteering
at Yad Ezra in Berkley to be his most
meaningful.

Emma Faye Moskovitz,
daughter of Avi and
Kristin Moskovitz of
Beverly Hills, will
become a bat mitzvah at
Adat Shalom
Synagogue in
Farmington Hills on Saturday, Nov. 10,
2018. She is the sister of Lyly. Her
grandparents are Arie and Ella
Moskovitz, and Hugh and Janet Foster.
Emma is a student at Birmingham
Covington School. Her mitzvah project
was working with PeerCorps through
Repair the World.

Gabrielle Maya
Polakoff will become a
bat mitzvah on Saturday,
Nov. 10, 2018, at
Temple Israel in West
Bloomfield. She will be
joined in celebration by
her proud parents, Rachael and Kane
Polakoff, and sister Haylie. She is the
loving grandchild of Judy and Lewis
Tann, and Lynn and Sherman Polakoff.
She is a student at West Hills Middle
School in Bloomfield Hills. As part of
her most meaningful mitzvah project,
Gabi volunteered with Summer in the
City, where she spent time at a Detroit
day camp playing games and doing
activities with the children.

With great pride, Lorey
and Steven Zlotnick of
Los Angeles Calif., cel-
ebrated the bar mitz-
vah of their son, Asher
Samuel Zlotnick, on
Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018,
at Wilshire Boulevard Temple.
Celebrating in the happiness were
brother Jonah Sky Zlotnick, grand-
parents Sheila Eisenberg of West
Bloomfield (wife of the late Dr.

Burton Eisenberg), Marilyn Zlotnick
(wife of the late Harold Zlotnick) and
incredible friends and family from
across the country.
Asher’s mitzvah project is working
within the WBTLA Holocaust edu-
cational track, where he will dedicate
himself for a year to Holocaust sur-
vivors, community awareness and
hands-on work with the Los Angeles
Museum of Tolerance.

Muskovitz-Goldberg

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ebbie and Alan Muskovitz,
and Jeffrey Goldberg of West
Bloomfield, are thrilled to
announce the upcoming marriage of
their children Amy Muskovitz and Jared
Goldberg. Jared is also the son of the late
Sherry Goldberg.
Amy received her B.A. from Michigan
State University in advertising. She is
working in business development at Doner
in Southfield.
Jared received his B.S. from the
University of Michigan in general biology
and history. He went on to graduate from the Wayne State University School
of Medicine. Jared is finishing his residency at the DMC in Detroit.
A November wedding is planned in West Bloomfield. Amy and Jared reside
in Royal Oak.

Cook 50th

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arbara and Jerry Cook of West
Bloomfield celebrated their 50th
anniversary Oct. 26, 2018, by volun-
teering at Yad Ezra. They will continue the
celebration over the course of the year with
their children, Cheryl Cook and Devin
Cohen of Brooklyn, N.Y.; Matthew Cook of
Clinton, Mich.; and Elizabeth and Jeremy
Kahn of Sunrise, Fla.; and their grandchil-
dren, Cameron Cook, Isaac Cohen and
Max Cohen.

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