36 | DECEMBER 5 • 2019 

Moments

Matthew Aaron 
Devaney, son of 
Caryn and Dennis 
Devaney, will lead 
the congregation 
in prayer as he 
becomes a bar mitzvah on 
Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019, at 
Temple Israel in West 
Bloomfield. He will be joined in 
celebration by his siblings 
Lauren and David. Matthew is 
the loving grandchild of 
Marshall and the late Karen 
Weingarden, the late Helen and 
William Bush III, and the late 
Dorothy and Peter Devaney. 
He is a student at Clifford 
Smart Middle School in 
Commerce Township. As part 
of his most meaningful mitzvah 
project, Matthew raised funds 
for the Michigan Jewish Sports 
Foundation.

Chase Marvin 
Kukes of 
Birmingham will 
become bar mitz-
vah at 
Congregation 
Shaarey Zedek in Southfield 
on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019. 
Participating in the ceremony 
will be his parents, Sherri and 
Daniel Kukes, and his brother 
Lance. Proud grandparents are 
Doreen and Gus Christy of 
Farmington Hills, and Rosanne 
and Thomas Kukes of West 
Bloomfield.
Chase attends Hillel Day 
School of Metropolitan Detroit 
in Farmington Hills. He is volun-
teering at Jewish Senior Life for 
his mitzvah project.

Jonathan Logan 
Manela (Shai Lev 
Natan) will be 
called to the Torah 
as a bar mitzvah 
on Saturday, Dec. 
7, 2019, at Adat Shalom 
Synagogue in Farmington Hills. 
He is the loving son of Melissa 
“Missy” and Harley Manela, 
and brother of Jordan. Jonathan 
is the grandson of the late Jack 
and late Geraldine “Jerry” 
Miller, the late Nathan Manela 
and the late Eunice Manela 
Samovitz, and the late Herb 
Samovitz.
Jonathan is a student at 
Warner Middle School in 
Farmington Hills. For his 
primary mitzvah project, he 
shared his love of baseball by 
volunteering with the Miracle 
League, an organization that 
allows people of all abilities to 
participate and enjoy playing 
baseball. 

Ross Logan 
Miller, son of 
Debbie Binder and 
Eric Miller, will 
lead the congrega-
tion in prayer as 
he becomes a bar mitzvah on 
Friday, Dec. 6, 2019, at Temple 
Israel in West Bloomfield. He 
will be joined in celebration by 
his brothers Andrew and 
Matthew. Ross is the loving 
grandchild of Arlene and Fred 
Miller, Carol and Jerry Franklin, 
Linda Deutsch and the late 
Robert Binder, and the 
great-grandchild of the late 
Peryle Moss. 
He is a student at West Hills 
Middle School in Bloomfield 
Hills. As part of his most mean-
ingful mitzvah experience, 
Ross escorted seniors to visit 
the graves of their loved ones 
through Temple Israel’
s Kever 
Avot program.

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