30 | NOVEMBER 26 • 2020 

MOMENTS

MAZEL TOV!

David Evan 
Bares, son of 
Laura and David 
Bares, will 
become a bar 
mitzvah at 
Temple Israel in West 
Bloomfield on Friday, Nov. 
27, 2020. He will be joined 
in celebration by his siblings 
Charlie and Sarah and 
proud grandparents Cynthia 
and John “Jack” McGuire, 
Susan and Charles Bares, 
and Deborah Foldbaum and 
Thomas Fanslow. 
 Evan is a student at 
Hillside Middle School in 
Northville. Among his many 
mitzvah projects, he found 
it most meaningful to raise 
funds for donation to an 
ocean cleanup organization. 
 

Noa Mila 
Gendelman, 
daughter of 
Janet and 
Vladimir 
Gendelman, will 
lead the congregation in 
prayer as she chants from 
the Torah on the occasion of 
her bar mitzvah on Saturday, 
Nov. 28, 2020, at Temple 
Israel in West Bloomfield. 
She will be joined in cele-
bration by her brother Aaron 
and proud grandparents 
Diana and Lev Freyman, and 
Anna and Yury Gendelman. 
 Noa attends West Hills 
Middle School in Bloomfield 
Hills. For her most mean-
ingful mitzvah project, she 
made and sold bracelets to 
benefit Cap & Conquer, a 
nonprofit organization that 
helps cancer patients save 
their hair during chemother-
apy. 

Oren Michael 
Opperer of 
Huntington 
Woods became 
a bar mitz-
vah during an 
outdoor service on Saturday, 
Nov. 14, 2020. Participating 
in the ceremony were his 
parents, Rachel and Josh, 
brother Aden, Bubbie 
Barbara and Zayde Milton 
Stern, Bubbie Pamela 
Opperer, and Saba Maurice 
and Savta Margi Opperer. 
Officiating was Rabbi Asher 
Lopatin of Kehillat Etz 
Chayim. 
 Oren is a student at 
Farber Hebrew Day School, 
Yeshivat Akiva in Southfield. 
 

Logan Jesse 
Saks, son of 
Jennifer Saks 
and the late 
Brian Saks, will 
lead the congre-
gation in prayer as he 
becomes a bar mitzvah at 
Temple Israel in West 
Bloomfield on Saturday, 
Nov. 28, 2020. He will be 
joined in celebration by his 
brother Jake and proud 
grandparents Alene and 
Donald Shiffman, and Trudy 
Saks. Logan is also the 
grandchild of the late Stan 
Saks. 
 He is a student at Muir 
Middle School in Milford. 
Logan served as a one-on-
one volunteer for the West 
Bloomfield-based Friendship 
Circle Open Gym program, 
which he found to be the 
most meaningful of his many 
mitzvah projects. 

MILESTONES
Adler-Pulik
S

ue and Larry Adler of 
Ann Arbor are thrilled to 
announce the engage-
ment of their son Evan Jay 
to Marina Pulik, daughter of 
Victoria and Boris Pulik of 
Skokie, Ill. 
Evan received his under-
graduate degree from Tulane 
University and his M.B.A. from 
the University of Michigan. He 
is working for Blue Cross of 
Illinois as a strategic project 
manager.
 Marina graduated from the University of Illinois-
Chicago and works as a product manager at TIDI prod-
ucts.
An October 2021 wedding is being planned in Chicago. 

Merkovitz 95th
E

laine Merkovitz, wife of 
the late Ralph Merkovitz, 
formerly of Pontiac, West 
Bloomfield and Boca Raton, 
now residing in Warrenville, Ill., 
turned 95 on Nov. 21, 2020. 
Elaine’s children are Karen 
and Jerry Adams, Rachel and 
David Wood, and Mark and 
Wendy Merkovitz. Elaine has 
several grandchildren and 
great-grandchildren. 

HOW TO SUBMIT ANNOUNCEMENTS
Mazel Tov! announcements are welcomed for members of the 
Jewish community. Anniversaries, engagements and weddings with 
a photo (preferably color) can appear at a cost of $18 each. Births 
are $10. There is no charge for bar/bat mitzvahs or for special 
birthdays starting at the 90th.
For information, contact Editorial Assistant Sy Manello at 
smanello@renmedia.us or (248) 351-5147 for information or for a 
mailed or emailed copy of guidelines.

