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