26 | DECEMBER 10 • 2020
MOMENTS
BIRTHS
MAZEL TOV!
NOV. 17, 2020
With much
joy, Vadim
and Rachel
Avshalumov
announce
the birth of Jacob
Nehemiah Avshalumov.
He is the brother of Sonia
Avshalumov, the grandson of
Slava and Rina Avshalumov,
and Dr. Larry and Lisa
Kaplan; and the great-grand-
son of the late Dr. Jerome
Kaufman, Suzanne Curtis,
Shelmu Khaimov and Sonya
Cherkasova, the late Dr.
Aaron and Marilyn Kaplan,
and the late Mordechai and
Tamara Avshalumov.
Brady Ruben
Klein will lead
the congrega-
tion in prayer on
the occasion of
his bar mitzvah
at Temple Israel in West
Bloomfield on Friday, Dec.
11, 2020. He will be joined
in celebration by his proud
parents, Lisa and Jason
Klein, and brother
Cameron. Brady is the
loving grandchild of Lin
and Ron Klein, Dr. Jeffrey
Zaks and Susan Zaks.
He is a student at West
Hills Middle School in
Bloomfield Hills. With his
friend Brandon and his
new friend Ari from the
Friendship Circle, Brady
created a March Madness
Mitzvah Project named
BBA Basketball. This
special project raised
more than $3,000 to help
West Bloomfield-based
Friendship Circle enhance
the lives of those with
special needs.
Alexis Carys
Mann; daughter
of Jill and Cory
Mann, will chant
from the Torah
as she becomes
a bat mitzvah at Temple
Israel in West Bloomfield
on Saturday, Dec. 12,
2020. She will be joined in
celebration by her brother
Logan and proud
grandparents Ruth and
Donald Weinbaum, Molly
and William Lawlor, and
Gary Mann.
Alexis attends West
Hills Middle School in
Bloomfield Hills. As part
of her most meaningful
mitzvah project, she
created a design for a
greeting card, which she
had printed and packaged
into card packs, which she
sold. All proceeds from
these special cards were
donated to the Holocaust
Memorial Center in
Farmington Hills.
Aram Isaac
Mouradian
(Aram Yitzchak)
will be called to
the Torah as a
bar mitzvah on
Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020, at
Congregation Beth
Shalom in Oak Park. He
will be joined by his
parents, Vivian and Daniel,
his big sisters Rose
Anoush and Shayna
Araxie. Aram’s proud
grandparents are Barbara
and Haskell Adler, and
Dianne Mouradian.
Aram is a seventh-
grade student at Norup
International in Oak Park.
He is growing his hair to
donate to Wigs for Kids for
his mitzvah project.
Zachary Asher
Sosin will
become a bar
mitzvah on
Saturday, Dec.
12, 2020, at
Congregation Shaarey
Zedek in Southfield. He is
the son of Julie and
Matthew Sosin and the
brother of Alexa. Proud
grandparents are Lorraine
and Alden Leib, and Nancy
and Neil Sosin.
Zachary is a student at
Cranbrook Middle School
for Boys in Bloomfield
Hills. His most meaningful
mitzvah project has
been volunteering at the
West Bloomfield-based
Friendship Circle.
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.
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