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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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W

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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