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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