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.