22 August 8 • 2019
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L
ori and Samuel Gray of Bloomfield
Hills, and Stacy and Jeffrey
Brodsky of West Bloomfield are
excited to announce the upcoming
marriage of their children Natalie Gray
and Brian Brodsky.
Natalie graduated from Michigan State
University with a B.A. in advertising
and public relations and works as
a marketing manager at the Forbes
Company.
Brian graduated from the University
of Michigan with a B.B.A. in accounting
and then went on to receive his J.D./
M.B.A. from the University of Michigan. He works as the chief financial
officer for Bell Mountain Management.
A September wedding is planned in Detroit. The couple reside in
Bloomfield Hills.
Brodsky-Gray
J
anice and Barry Kelman were
married Aug. 19, 1969, at Avas
Achim in Detroit. They celebrated
their 50th anniversary with their
children, David and Dana Kelman,
and Amy and Kevin Weiss; and
grandchildren, Emily and Olive Kelman,
and Eliana, Sammy and Gwen Weiss,
on a Caribbean cruise. To continue the
celebration, they will open the Ark at
Temple Israel on Aug. 16, 2019, and
then take a trip to Toronto where they
honeymooned.
Kelman 50th
M
aya Belen of
Birmingham will
become a bat mitzvah
in April next year, but her
preparations started back in
March when she decided she
wanted to send a sick child to
Disney World as her mitzvah
project.
Initially, Maya wanted to visit
the pediatric cancer patients at
Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak but
was told she was too young. So, she
decided to take it one step further
and raise the money to send one of
these children on the trip to Disney
World.
The idea came to the Derby
Middle School student upon
talking to the founder and CEO of
Born Yoga in Birmingham, Ashley
Goldberg. When she was a teenager,
Goldberg was diagnosed with cancer
and was selected to participate in
the Make-A-Wish Foundation’
s
programs. Goldberg told Maya
about the organization, and Maya
was inspired to make this her new
project.
At first, Maya’
s friend participated
in the project as well, but Maya
since has taken over the fundraising
efforts. In the five months since its
conception, Maya’
s project has raised
nearly $5,000 of the $8,000 necessary
to fund a trip to Disney World for
a sick child through Make-A-Wish.
She has raised the money through
a variety of baking and snack sales
at her middle school and will be
having another fundraiser during the
Woodward Dream Cruise in August.
Maya is hoping to reach her $8,000
goal by her bat mitzvah and is
looking forward to seeing the result
of her hard work.
“I just want to meet the kid and
get to see the enjoyment of them
getting to go to Disney World,” she
said.
Maya’
s mom, Andrea, has been
supporting Maya throughout the
process and feels it will be very
rewarding for Maya to see a child get
to have a great experience because of
her efforts.
If you would like to help Maya
reach her goal, donate at https://
tinyurl.com/y3g7cph9. ■
JESSIE COHEN JN INTERN
Special
Project
Maya
Belen
Calling All Bubbies & Zaydies!
The JN wants photos of your grandchildren!
If you’
re a proud bubbie or zaydie, send
us a photo of your darling grandchild for
a photo spread we’
re doing in honor of
Grandparents Day in the Sept. 5 issue.
Send the photo (high-resolution,
please. Smartphone photos are fine sent
at original size), along with your name
and city, the name, age and city of your
grandchild, and a sentence or two on
something cute the child has done or
said. Send to jheadapohl@renmedia.
us by Aug. 29 to be included.
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no charge for bar/bat mitzvahs or for special birthdays starting at the 90th.
For information, contact Editorial Assistant Sy Manello at smanello@
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