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.