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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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