30 | AUGUST 6 • 2020
Moments
Pevos 50th
J
oanne and Larry Pevos of
Commerce Township will
celebrate their 50th wedding
anniversary on Aug. 16, 2020. Love
is sent by their children, Eddie and
Heidi Pevos, and Julie and Michael
Solomon, and their grandchildren,
Sarah and Jacob Solomon.
Bloch 90th
D
olores Bloch turned 90 years
old on Aug. 3, 2020. Wishing
her love, good health and hap-
piness are her children, Philip and
Kathy Bloch, Sandy Golden, and Pam
and Randy Watsky. Dolores is also
celebrated by her 13 grandchildren
and nine great-grandchildren. Due
to the pandemic, celebrations will be
minimal.
FEB 14, 2020
Ashley (Bellet) and Noah O’
Neill of Chicago, Ill., are ecstat-
ic to share the arrival of their Valentine’
s Day baby, Tess
Parker (Yael Miriam). Tess was welcomed home by her
excited big sister and proud big brother, Ryan Elisabeth and
Max Dylan. Delighted grandparents are Joanne and Michael
Bellet of Scottsdale, Ariz., and Rita and Tom O’
Neill of Fort Wayne, Ind.
Beloved great-grandparents are the late Mary Jean and David Blau, and
the late Jeanne and Louis Bellet. Tess’
s Hebrew name is in loving memory
of her maternal great-grandmothers, Jeanne Bellet and Mary Jean Blau.
Mia Olivia Bragman
will chant from the
Torah on the occa-
sion of her bat mitz-
vah at Temple Israel
in West Bloomfield
on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020. She will
be joined in celebration by her
proud parents, Debbie and James
Bragman, and brother Jackson.
Mia is the loving grandchild of
Sofia Chayt, Brigit and Wolf Chayt,
and the late Ethel and Paul
Bragman.
She is a student at Bloomfield
Hills Middle School. As part of
her most meaningful mitzvah
project, Mia raises funds for and
participates yearly in the Out of
the Darkness Walk for Suicide
Prevention.
Noah Michael
Kaplan, son of Karen
and Evan Kaplan, will
chant from the Torah
on the occasion of
his bar mitzvah at
Temple Israel in West Bloomfield
on Friday, Aug. 7, 2020. He will be
joined in celebration by his broth-
ers Isaac and Solomon and proud
grandparents Linda and Steve
Kaplan.
Noah is a student at West Hills
Middle School in West Bloomfield.
For his mitzvah project, he has
been collecting books and toys for
Brilliant Detroit.
Brock Louis Vinter
(Lotan Shem) will be
called to the Torah as
a bar mitzvah on
Saturday, Aug. 8,
2020, at Temple
Shir Shalom in West Bloomfield.
He is the son of Jill Rosenthal-
Vinter and Alex Vinter, the brother
of Jenna Vinter and the grandson
of Carol and Mathew Rosenthal,
and Jessica Vinter.
Brock attends Clifford Smart
Middle School in Commerce
Township. For his mitzvah project,
he organized and ran a five-week
summer camp to raise money for
Project Night Night, an organiza-
tion that provides homeless chil-
dren with stuffed animals, books
and blankets.
Jamie Claire
Zousmer, daughter
of Stacy and Michael
Zousmer, will lead
the congregation in
prayer as she
becomes a bat mitzvah at Temple
Israel in West Bloomfield on
Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020. She will be
joined in celebration by her sib-
lings Bradley and Lindsey and
proud grandparents Arlene and
Richard Agree, and Ann and
William Zousmer.
Jamie is a student at West Hills
Middle School in Bloomfield Hills.
Among her many mitzvah projects,
she found volunteering every
Sunday at the Friendship Circle in
West Bloomfield to be the most
meaningful.
Sofen-Soleimani
A
ndy and Carol Sofen of
Waterford are pleased to
announce the engagement of
their daughter Lauren Beth to Daniel
Soleimani, son of Davoud and Esther
Soleimani of West Bloomfield.
Lauren earned her degrees
at University of Michigan and
Northwestern University Feinberg
School of Medicine. She is employed
at Beaumont Hospital as a pediatric
physical therapist.
Danny earned his degrees at
University of Buffalo and Emory School of Law. He is a partner at
the law firm of Jaffe, Raitt, Heuer & Weiss.
A September wedding is planned in Farmington Hills at their
new home.