Moments
34 | OCTOBER 10 • 2019
AUG. 22, 2019
Sara and Jordan Stav are delighted to announce the
birth of their son, Liam Sawyer, brother of Ezra. He is
the grandson of Wendi Zupmore of West Bloomfield,
Marc Zupmore and Mark Johnson of Franklin, Sheri
Stav and Lonnie Pukoff of Commerce, and Ron
Stav of Ferndale. He is the great-grandson of Audrey Zupmore of
Commerce, Lois and Cyril Levenson of West Bloomfield, and Haim
Stav of Israel. Liam is named in loving memory of his paternal
great-grandmother Sharon Stav.
Ellory Brooke
Becker, daugh-
ter of Jodi and
Adam Becker of
Bloomfield Hills,
will be called to
the Torah on Saturday, Oct. 12.
2019, at Temple Beth El in
Bloomfield Township. She rep-
resents the sixth generation of
her family’
s membership with
the congregation. She is the
granddaughter of Arline Carris
and the late Harry Carris, Ricki
Becker and Joe Becker. Ellory
is the sister of Eric and Ryan
and the great-granddaughter
of the late Hyman and Evelyn
Sipher, and the late Dr. Sylvan
and Norma Stillman.
Ellory attends Cranbrook
Kingswood Middle School
for Girls in Bloomfield Hills.
Among her many meaningful
mitzvah projects, Ellory enjoys
volunteering with Farmington
Hills-based JARC.
Abigail Faith
Gelfand, daughter
of Elina and
Anatoly Gelfand,
will chant from
the Torah as she
becomes a bat mitzvah at
Temple Israel in West
Bloomfield on Saturday, Oct.
12, 2019. She will be joined in
celebration by her very special
twin brothers Samuel and
Jacob and proud grandparents
Larisa and Zinovy Soybel. She
is also the grandchild of the
late Faina and Yakov Gelfand.
Abigail is a student at Hillel
Day School of Metropolitan
Detroit in Farmington Hills.
For her most meaningful mitz-
vah project, she raised more
than $1,000 for the Fragile
X Association of Michigan in
honor of her brothers.
Benjamin
Rautbort
Saperstein, son
of Andrea and
Drew Saperstein,
will lead the con-
gregation in prayer on the
occasion of his bar mitzvah at
Temple Israel in West
Bloomfield on Friday, Oct. 11,
2019. He will be joined in cel-
ebration by his siblings Sarah,
Jessica, Meyer, Elijah and
Ryan and proud grandparents
Leba and Sanford Rautbort,
Diane and Stuart Mittenthal,
and Melvyn and Linda
Saperstein.
Benjamin is a student at
West Hills Middle School in
Bloomfield Hills. For his most
meaningful mitzvah project,
he raised money for the West
Bloomfield-based Friendship
Circle by tutoring math and
teaching how to solve a
Rubik’
s cube.