MARCH 13,
2020
Brian and Sasha
Goodrich of
Sarasota, Fla.,
are thrilled
to announce the birth of
their beautiful son, Noah
Benjamin Goodrich. His
Hebrew name is Zev,
named lovingly after his
late great-grandpa William
Fields. Overjoyed grand-
parents are Dr. Richard and
Jessica Fields, formerly of
West Bloomfield and now
residing in Sarasota, and
Robert and Karen Goodrich,
of Plantation, Florida. Dearly
missed great-grandparents
are William and Shirley
Fields, Jesse and Rachel
Thurman, Stanley and Marie
Goodrich, and Martin and
Muriel Koslow.
Sloan Hayden
Gartenberg
(Shlomo), son of
Lori Gartenberg
and Brian
Schabel, will lead
the congregation in prayer as
he becomes a bar mitzvah at
Temple Israel in West
Bloomfield on Saturday, Nov.
14, 2020. He is the loving
grandchild of Susan and the
late Sydney Gartenberg.
Sloan attends Hillel Day
School of Metropolitan
Detroit in Farmington Hills.
For his most meaningful mitz-
vah project, he attended sib-
ling socials through the West
Bloomfield-based Friendship
Circle; this special program is
in memory of his Aunt Randi
Schreiber and sponsored by
her family.
Abby Sara Klein,
daughter of
Shayna and Philip
Klein and sister of
Brooke, will chant
from the Torah on
the occasion of her bat mitz-
vah at Temple Israel in West
Bloomfield on Saturday, Nov.
14, 2020. She is the loving
grandchild of Melanie and
Arthur Solomon, Wendi and
Richard Klein, and Fran and
Brian Cohen and
great-grandchild of Elaine
Cohen.
She is a student at West
Hills Middle School in
Bloomfield Hills. Among
her many mitzvah projects,
Abby took part in the JDRF
One Walk and Fundraiser to
help find better treatments,
prevention and, ultimately, a
cure for type 1 diabetes (T1D)
and its complications through
critical research.
Ilona Aviva
Peleg, daughter
of Elizabeth and
Ady Peleg, will
lead the congre-
gation in prayer
on the occasion of her bat
mitzvah at Temple Israel in
West Bloomfield on Friday,
Nov. 13, 2020. She will be
joined in celebration by her
siblings Jonah and Stella and
proud grandparents Judy
and Gerry Herskovitz, and
Daniella and Samuel Peleg.
She is a student at West
Hills Middle School in
Bloomfield Hills. For her most
meaningful mitzvah project,
Ilona coordinated a raffle to
raise money for animal res-
cue organizations.
Levi Morris
Silverman of
Franklin will
become a bar
mitzvah on
Saturday, Nov. 14,
2020, at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek in Southfield.
He is the son of Jennifer and
Paul Silverman and the broth-
er of Eliana and Nathan.
Sharing in his simchah will be
proud grandparents Renée
Zuckerman and Rick Pulford,
and Leslie and Robert
Golding. Levi is also the
grandson of the late Lila and
the late Gilbert Silverman.
Levi is an eighth-grader
at Cranbrook Kingswood
Middle School for Boys in
Bloomfield Hills. He has been
playing his violin for seniors
at Jewish Senior Life in addi-
tion to various senior homes,
which has made a meaning-
ful impact on him and the
seniors as well.
Peter Jacob
Willner became a
bar mitzvah on
Saturday, Oct. 24,
2020, at Temple
Shir Shalom in
West Bloomfield. He is the
son of Danette Duron Willner
and Jordan Willner. Proud
grandparents are Sylvia and
Stuart Willner, and Cirea and
Robert Boland. He is the
great-grandson of the late
Helen and the late Manny
Hauer, and the late Frieda
and the late Henry Willner.
Peter is an eighth-grade
student at Farmington
STEAM Academy in
Farmington Hills. He had
been active with many mitz-
vah projects; one was asist-
ing teachers of younger stu-
dents at Shir Shalom Sunday
school.
MOMENTS
26 | NOVEMBER 12 • 2020
David A. Victor, a professor
of management and inter-
national business at Eastern
Michigan University, has won
the Association for Business
Communication’
s Award of
Merit.
The Award of Merit
acknowledges outstanding
achievement in the discipline
of business communication
through a singular accomplish-
ment or a series of accomplish-
ments.
“Dr. Victor distinguished
himself for this recognition
through his excellence in
teaching, pedagogy and meth-
odology; research and publi-
cations; and professionalism,”
said said ABC Immediate Past
President Marcel Robles.
Victor’
s published work
has focused on cross-cultur-
al business communication,
international business ethics
and international differences
in organizational structure.
Students routinely speak of his
passion for international busi-
ness and his deep knowledge of
the field.
Victor, on his blog The
David Victor Vector, educates
the campus community on
religious observances from
a diversity of faiths that may
affect campus life. He does it
“to help spread appreciation for
embracing the wide range of
religious traditions and values
that enhance the human expe-
rience,” he said.
EMU Professor David
A. Victor Honored
David A.
Victor