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MAY 7, 2019
Rabbi Chanoch and 
Tamar Hadar are 
pleased to announce the 
birth of their daughter, 
Esther Mina. She is 
welcomed by ecstatic 
big brothers and sisters. Grandparents 
are Yoram Hadar of Johannesburg, 
South Africa, and Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey 
(Aharon) Meer of Oak Park. Great-
grandparents are Mrs. Fay Isackson 
of Farmington Hills, Mr. and Mrs. 
Edward Meer of Bloomfield Hills, and 
Mrs. Freida Hadar of Tel Aviv, Israel. 
Esther Mina was named for Esther 
Milgrom, Esther Blosberg, Esther 
Schwartz and Minny Biller.

APRIL 25, 2019
Carli (Zeman) and Ben 
Jones of Berkley are 
thrilled to announce the 
birth of their daughter, 
Sofie Harlow Jones, 
sister of Logan Asher 
Jones. Proud grandparents are Paul and 
Marci Zeman of West Bloomfield, and 
Kim and Nick Shanku of Berkley. She 
is also the granddaughter of the late 
Leslie Jones.
Sofie is named in loving memo-
ry of her great-great-grandmother 
Sharon Wise and her great-grandfather 
Harold Wolfe. Her Hebrew name, 
Aviva Chanah, is in memory of her 
great-grandmother Avis Wolfe.

Jocelyn Naomi 
Adelman, daughter of 
Karen and Eric 
Adelman, will lead the 
congregation in prayer 
as she becomes a bat 
mitzvah at Temple 
Israel in West Bloomfield on 
Saturday, June 1, 2019. She will be 
joined in celebration by her sister 
Natalie; her proud grandparents, Ellen 
and Cary Adelman, and Sofia and 
Reuven Urman; and great-grandpar-
ents, Elaine and Harvey Adelman, and 
Dora Mauer. Jocelyn is also the loving 
great-grandchild of the late Joseph 
Mauer, the late Audrey and Norman 
Lacoff, and the late Malka and the late 
Eliezer Urman. 
She is a student at Warner Middle 
School. Among her many mitzvah 
projects, Jocelyn found it most mean-
ingful to volunteer at Kadima’
s gar-
dening day and its Shabbat lunches. 

Robert Edward Louis 
Bortman will lead the 
congregation in prayer 
as he becomes a bar 
mitzvah at Temple 
Israel in West 
Bloomfield on Saturday, 
June 1, 2019. He will be joined in cele-
bration by his proud parents, Jackie 
and Dr. Howard Bortman, and sister 
Jadyn. Robert is the loving grandchild 
of Caroline and the late Robert 
Bortman, and Linda and Jim Button. 
He is the great-grandchild of the late 
Mary and Arthur Kaplan, the late 
Shirley and Alfred Mayer, the late 
Louis Stone, the late Jeanette and 
George Button, and the late Fay and 
Maurice Bortman. 
Robert is a student at Warner 
Middle School in Farmington Hills.

Mia Erin Brand, 
daughter of Matthew 
and Lori Brand, will 
become a bat mitzvah 
at Adat Shalom 
Synagogue in 
Farmington Hills on 
June 1, 2019. She will be joined in 
the celebration by her sisters Zoe, 10, 
and Alexa, 4. Mia is the loving 
granddaughter of Gail and Les 
Baron, and Eileen and Arthur Brand.
Mia attends seventh grade at West 
Hills Middle School in Bloomfield 
Hills. Her mitzvah project collected 
much-needed cosmetics and person-
al supplies for families at the South 
Oakland Shelter and Lighthouse. 

Ryan Jacob Fraiberg, 
surrounded by family 
and friends, will become 
a bar mitzvah at Temple 
Israel in West 
Bloomfield on Friday, 
May 31, 2019. He will 
be joined in celebration by his proud 
parents, Karen Fraiberg-Pierce and 
Damian Olivera, and Matthew and 
Amy Fraiberg, and siblings Ashley, 
Michael, Avery and Aiden. He is the 
loving grandchild of Arlene and the 
late Douglas Pierce, Nancy Fraiberg, 
Allan Fraiberg, and Teri and Mark 
Goodman.
Ryan attends West Hills Middle 
School in Bloomfield Hills. For his 
most meaningful mitzvah project, 
he assisted in providing clothing, 
bedding and additional items to help 
facilitate the opening of Possibilities 
Sober Living. This residential home 
provides a safe and supportive sober 
environment for men as needed. 

Kaitlin Goldberg

Justin Goldberg

Justin Scott Goldberg 
and Kaitlin Iris 
Goldberg will share the 
bimah at Temple Israel 
in West Bloomfield on 
Saturday, June 1, 2019, 
as they lead the congre-
gation in prayer on the 
occasion of their b’
nai 
mitzvah. They will be 
joined in celebration by 
their proud parents, 
Stacey and Bruce 
Goldberg. Justin and 
Kaitlin are the loving 
grandchildren of Cheryl 
and Gary Brand, and the late Iris and 
Don Goldberg; they are the great- 
grandchildren of the late Dorothy and 
Philip Moscowitz, the late Sophie and 
Sol Brand, the late Kaye and Bernard 
Goldberg, and the late Mildred and 
Julius Kaufman.
Justin and Kaitlin attend Clifford 
Smart Middle School in Commerce 
Township. They performed many mitz-
vah projects, but each felt it was most 
rewarding to make and sell bracelets 
to raise funds for donation to the West 
Bloomfield Relay for Life, American 
Cancer Society’
s signature fundraiser 
event.

Rena Hadar Kantor will 
be called to the Torah as 
a bat mitzvah on 
Saturday, June 1, 2019, at 
Congregation B’
nai 
Moshe in West 
Bloomfield. She is the 
beloved daughter of Shana and Rabbi 
Shalom Kantor and sister to Noam and 
Ari. Rena will be joined in celebration 
by her grandparents and their spouses 
Beth and Michael Alderman, Margie 
and Joel Teig, and Laura and Bob 
Kantor. 
Rena is a student at Hillel Day 
School of Metropolitan Detroit in 
Farmington Hills. Her most meaning-
ful volunteering has been baking and 
spending time with JARC residents.

Jonah Beck Kutinsky, 
son of Angie and Adam 
Kutinsky and brother of 
Jack, will become a bar 
mitzvah at Temple Beth 
El in Bloomfield 
Township on Saturday, 
June 1, 2019. His grandparents are Dr. 
Gary and Beverly Pierce, Dr. Julian and 
Lesley Kutinsky; great-grandparents are 
Irene Goodman, the late Libby Milton 
Pierce, the late Barbara and Harry 

Weitzman, the late Elsie and Morris 
Kutinsky, and the late Alvin Goodman.
Jonah is in the seventh grade at 
Derby Middle School in Birmingham. 
His mitzvah project involved raising 
money for the Popeye Animal Cancer 
Foundation, an organization that helps 
owners pay for the treatment of pets 
with cancer.

Blake Laurence Ribiat 
(BarAhm Shalom) of 
West Bloomfield became 
a bar mitzvah on May 
25, 2019, at 
Congregation Beth Ahm 
in West Bloomfield. He 
is the son of Jennifer and Steven Ribiat 
and brother of Avery and Eli Ribiat. He 
is the grandson of the late Arnold and 
the late Carol Gordon, the late 
Laurence Ribiat and Sara Ribiat, and 
Patricia Ribiat and Carolyn Gordon. 
Blake is a student at Orchard Lake 
Middle School in West Bloomfield. He 
decided he wanted to feed the hungry 
as his mitzvah project. 

Shaya Schreiber will 
celebrate his bar mitzvah 
at Young Israel of Oak 
Park on Shabbat morn-
ing, June 1, 2019. 
Sharing in his celebra-
tion will be proud par-
ents, Avy Schreiber, and Lynne and 
Dan Golodner, and siblings Asher 
Schreiber, Eliana Schreiber and Grace 
Golodner. He is the beloved grandson 
of Sonny and Norman Cohn, Rita and 
Bert Schreiber, and Linda and the late 
Jack Golodner.
Shaya is a seventh-grader at Detroit 
Waldorf School. 

Amit Beni Siegmann, 
will be called to the 
Torah in honor of his 
bar mitzvah on Saturday, 
June 1, 2019, at Adat 
Shalom Synagogue in 
Farmington Hills. 
Joining him to celebrate will be his 
proud parents, Lisa and Tal Siegmann, 
and cherished siblings Adi and Maya. 
Honored grandparents are Joan and 
Fred Soble of Cleveland, Ohio, Judy 
Siegmann of Haifa, Israel, and the late 
Professor Arnon Siegmann. 
Amit is a student at West Hills 
Middle School in Bloomfield Hills. 
His mitzvah project has been working 
with the Georgia Street Community 
Collective as part of the PeerCorps 
Detroit Spring Cycle. 

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