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OCT. 16, 2018 
Lindsey and Jared 
Rapp of Bloomfield 
Hills are pleased to 
announce the birth 
of their son, Julien 
Remy Rapp. Proud 
grandparents are Sue and Larry 
Lankowsky of West Bloomfield, and 
Judi and Steve Rapp of Bloomfield 
Hills. Great-grandparents are 
Norma and Seymour Lankowsky of 
Farmington Hills, Rose and the late 
Julian Wagner of Bloomfield Hills, 
Jane Tylenda and the late Frank 
Tylenda of Hamtramck, and the late 
Dorothy and the late Seymour Rapp 
of Bloomfield Hills. 

OCT. 23, 2018
Lauren Cohen of 
Lathrup Village is 
delighted to announce 
the birth of her daugh-
ter, Kinneret Bloom. 
The blessed grand-
parents are Linda and Rick Cohen of 
Franklin. Her aunts and uncles, Jaime 
and Jonathan Zadoff, (along with 
cousins Eden and Sasha) and Meredith 
and Yoni Dahlen are all excited to 
welcome her to the family. Kinneret 
is named after the Sea of Galilee, 
the life source for Israel, and Bloom 
is her great-grandmother’
s maiden 
name. Her Hebrew name Kinneret 
Simcha was given in loving memory 
of her maternal aunt Sylvia Simcha 
Rothschild.

Gabriel Ethan Agrest, 
son of Sandra and 
Dr. Kevin Agrest, 
will chant from the 
Torah as he becomes 
a bar mitzvah at 
Temple Israel in 
West Bloomfield on Friday, March 
15, 2019. He will be joined in cel-
ebration by his brothers Riley and 
Grayson and his proud grandpar-
ents Maria and Michael Kallen, and 
Irene and Martin Agrest. 
Gabriel is a student at Clifford 
Smart Middle School in Commerce 
Township. As part of his most 
meaningful mitzvah experience, 
he donated his time as a volunteer 
buddy for a player in the Miracle 
League of Michigan and raised 
funds for this special organization. 

Doris Rose Gold was 
called to the Torah 
as a bat mitzvah on 
Saturday, March 
9, 2019, at Adat 
Shalom Synagogue, 
in Farmington Hills. 
Doris is the daughter of Barry 
and Deborah Gold, and the sister 
of Samuel and Evelyn. Her proud 
grandparents are Milton Einstandig 
of West Bloomfield, and Michael 
and Jill Gold of Huntington Woods. 
Doris is also the granddaughter of 
the late Elaine Einstandig and the 
late Claire Robinson. 

Doris attends Hillel Day School 
in Farmington Hills. 

Jacob Riley 
Nusbaum, son of 
Mindy and Alan 
Nusbaum, will chant 
from the Torah as he 
becomes a bar mitz-
vah at Temple Israel 
in West Bloomfield on Saturday, 
March 16, 2019. He will be joined 
in celebration by his sister Emily 
and proud grandparents Maxine 
and Larry Baker, and Beverly and 
Saul Nusbaum. 
Jacob attends Warner Middle 
School in Farmington Hills. Among 
his many mitzvah projects, he 
found it most meaningful to vol-
unteer at Yad Ezra in Berkley, 
Michigan’
s kosher food pantry, 
where he helped families select gro-
ceries. 

Ava Jaclyn Sidder 
will be called to the 
Torah as a bat mitz-
vah on Saturday, 
March 16, 2019, at 
Temple Israel in 
West Bloomfield. She 
will be joined in celebration by 
her proud parents, Julie and David 
Sidder, and sister Ella. Ava is the 
loving grandchild of Caren and 
the late Dr. Stuart Bass, and Glenn 
and the late Sharon Sidder; and the 

great-grandchild of Betty Sanfield 
and Faye Sidder. 
She is a student at West Hills 
Middle School in Bloomfield Hills. 
For her most meaningful mitzvah 
project, Ava organized a fun and 
successful dance-a-thon at her 
dance studio to help fund break-
through research and fuel the fight 
against cancer. It is a cause very 
close to her heart. The amount she 
raised far exceeded her goal and 
all proceeds were donated to the 
American Cancer Society.

Reuben Eli 
Blumenstein, (Reuven 
Shai) son of Carol and 
Ricky Blumenstein 
of Bloomfield Hills, 
will be called to the 
Torah as a bar mitz-
vah on Saturday, March 16, 2019, 
at Congregation Shir Tikvah in 
Troy. He is the wonderful broth-
er of Benjamin, Alana, Jacob and 
Julia. Sharing in his simchah are 
her grandparents Penny and Harold 
Blumenstein of Bloomfield Hills, 
and Dr. Seymour Stein of Boca 
Raton, Florida. He is also the 
grandson of the late Lucille Stein.
Reuben is in the seventh grade at 
Detroit Country Day School. His 
mitzvah project is KidsRead2Kids.
com, a website started by Reuben 
and his siblings that helps kids with 
learning differences enjoy classic 
books. 

Eden Jane Smith, sur-
rounded by family 
and friends, will be 
called to the Torah as 
a bat mitzvah on 
Saturday, March 16, 
2019, at Temple Israel 
in West Bloomfield. Joining in her 
celebration will be her proud par-
ents, Stacey and R. Tyler Smith, and 
brother Sawyer. She is the loving 
grandchild of Renee and Marty 
Laker, Judy and Steve Berg, and 
Dennis Smith. 
Eden is a student at Derby 
Middle School in Birmingham. As 
part of her mitzvah project, she vol-
unteered at the Farber Soul Center 
in West Bloomfield, working with 
the artists as they created their 
projects.

 
India Woll Stewart, 
surrounded by family 
and friends, will 
become a bat mitzvah 
at Temple Shir 
Shalom in West 
Bloomfield, on Friday, 
March 15, 2019. Joining her in cele-
bration will be her proud parents, 
Jessica Woll and Don Stewart. India 
is the grandchild of Pauline Woll 
and the late Arthur Woll, and the 
late Margot and Donald Stewart.
India attends Bloomfield Hills 
Middle School in Bloomfield Hills. 
For her mitzvah project, India and 
her parents participated in the ME 
to WE Program in Rajasthan, India, 
where they worked on, among other 
things, building a school for a sus-
tainable development project.

L

isa Schyck and Robert Aronson 
of Bloomfield Hills announce 
their engagement. Lisa is a human 
resource consultant for Carl Zeiss in 
Brighton. Robert is the chief develop-
ment officer for the Jewish Federation of 
Metropolitan Detroit and executive direc-
tor of the American Friends of Yahad-In 
Unum.
They will have a ceremony in Tzippori 
National Park in Israel in May, which will 
be followed by a June wedding in Detroit 
at which Rabbi Harold Loss will officiate.

Aronson-Schyck

moments

JOHN HARDWICK

