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Dylan Carter Babitch (Adan Ranan) will be called to the
Torah on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019, at Temple Beth El in
Bloomfield Township. He is the son of Dr. Leland Babitch of
Birmingham and Cheryl Carpenter of Bloomfield Hills, the
brother of Bradley Babitch, grandson of Mack Carpenter
and Estelle Babitch, and the late Carol Carpenter and Daniel
Babitch.
Dylan is in the seventh grade at Birmingham Covington School.

Reed Scott Shapiro, son of Brenda and Adam Shapiro, will
be called to the Torah as a bar mitzvah on Friday, Feb. 8,
2019, at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield. He will be joined
in celebration by his siblings Riley and Trevor, and proud
grandparents Paula and Michael Shapiro, and Evelyn and Jim
Miller. Reed is the great-grandchild of Charlotte and the late
Sidney Moscowitz, and the late Rita and Ted Shapiro.
He is a student at West Hills Middle School in Bloomfield Hills. Among
his many mitzvah projects, Reed found it most meaningful to raise funds
for Pennies for Power to assist families with their utility bills so they can
stay safe and warm this winter.

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olf Gruca, a survivor of
the Holocaust, celebrated
his 99th birthday on Feb.
6, 2019, by being called to the Torah
at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in
Southfield on Shabbat morning, Feb. 2.
Wishing him continued good health are
his children, Sandra and Joseph Gruca,
Mary and James Starr, and Susane
Yesnick; grandchildren, Jeffrey Gruca,
Terri Gruca, Rebecca and Rabbi Aaron
Starr, and Dr. Brittany Lakin-Starr and
David Starr; great-grandchildren, Ryan
Gruca, Jacob Gruca, Caleb Starr and
Ayal Starr. He is also the father of the late Aaron Yesnick.

Gruca 99th

L

awrence and Susan Rothstein of
West Bloomfield were married
at Congregation Beth Moses in
Detroit on Dec. 24, 1968. Fifty years
later at Beth Abraham Hillel Moses
in West Bloomfield, they celebrated
their 50th anniversary surrounded
by their family, dear children and
grandchildren, Marisa, Gary, Shyah and
Masada LaKind, and Michael, Kathy,
Ari and Ella Rothstein. In addition to
Rabbi Steven Rubenstein officiating,
Larry and Susan were honored by
the surprise appearance of Rabbi A.
Irving and Barbara Schnipper. Rabbi Schnipper performed their wedding
ceremony 50 years ago. A luncheon at shul followed their commitment
ceremony, followed by a family celebration in Florida.

Rothstein 50th

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the hardest part is the initial step and the fi
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Adults have additional options such as clear braces that now are so cosmetic that
they can hardly be seen. Invisalign can be considered as adults are non-growing
but from personal experience, expectations cannot be as high as with traditional
braces and the orthodontist must be more selective in who qualifi
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One difference for adult orthodontics is that no longer can growth be utilized
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must be varied. Of course, skeletal discrepancies must be treated differently and
sometimes compromises must be considered with extractions. Although
many adults tell me they wouldn’
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