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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