28 | MARCH 4 • 2021
Alexis Jane
Berman,
daughter of
Jennifer and
Tom Berman, will
lead the
congregation as she
becomes a bat mitzvah at
Temple Israel in West
Bloomfield on Saturday,
March 6, 2021. She will be
joined in celebration by her
sister Olivia, proud
grandparents Kim and
Ronald Berman, Kathleen
and Jay Dreifus, Linda and
Fred Walny, and great-
grandmother Bernice
Berman.
Alexis attends Detroit
Country Day in Beverly
Hills. As one of her mitzvah
projects, she made and
sold beaded bracelets and
donated the entire $1,000
raised to the March of
Dimes. This project was
exceptionally meaningful
to her as Alexis was a
preemie.
Landon Henry
Halprin will lead
the congregation
in prayer as he
becomes a bar
mitzvah on
Saturday, March 6, 2021, at
Temple Israel in West
Bloomfield. He will be
joined in celebration by his
proud parents, Audra and
Dan Halprin, and sister
Brooke. Landon is the
loving grandchild of Shirley
and the late Stanley Halprin,
and Cynthia and the late
Calvin Moss.
He is a student at
Berkshire Middle School
in Beverly Hills. As part of
his mitzvah project, Landon
hopes to teach children
with disabilities the game of
soccer once the pandemic
restrictions end.
Zera Elinor
Levine (Zera
Chava), daughter
of Jennifer and
Matthew Levine,
will be called to
the Torah as a bat mitzvah
on Saturday, March 6, 2021,
at Congregation B’nai
Moshe in West Bloomfield.
She will be joined in
celebration by her sister
Miriam and her proud
grandparents Pat and Barry
Levine of West Bloomfield,
Sara and Bob Zielesch of
Manistee, and Florence
Kline of Clawson.
Zera is a student at
Norup International School
in Oak Park. As one part
of her mitzvah project,
she is collecting camping
equipment for Tamarack’s
Gear Share program.
Sydney Hope
Michaelson will
chant from the
Torah on the
occasion of her
bat mitzvah at
Temple Israel in West
Bloomfield on Saturday,
March 6, 2021. She will be
joined in celebration by her
proud parents, Melissa
Michaelson and Jeremy
Michaelson, and brother
Merrick. She is the loving
grandchild of Margie
Mellen, the late Robert
Mellen, and Jackie and
Ronald Michaelson.
Sydney is a student
at Hillel Day School of
Metropolitan Detroit in
Farmington Hills. As part
of her mitzvah project,
she raised money for the
Bob Mellen Travel Fund
for Camp Mak-A-Dream in
Montana, to help send to
camp youngsters who have
and who have had cancer
Matthew Jack
Sherman, son of
Keith and Lesley
Sherman, will be
called to the
Torah as a bar
mitzvah, Friday, March 5,
2021, at Temple Israel in
West Bloomfield. He will be
joined in celebration by his
sister Samantha. Matthew is
the loving grandchild of
Elaine and Carl Cohen of
Windsor, Ontario, and Ruth
and Alan Sherman of
Johannesburg, South Africa.
He attends West
Hills Middle School in
Bloomfield Hills. For his
most meaningful mitzvah
project, Matthew raised
funds for the Michael J. Fox
Foundation for Parkinson’s
Research.
Tyler Isaac
Witten will lead
the congregation
in prayer as he
becomes a bar
mitzvah at
Temple Israel in West
Bloomfield on Saturday,
March 6, 2021. He will be
joined in celebration by his
proud parents, Jaimee and
David Witten, and his
brother Alex. Tyler is the
loving grandchild of Joan
and Jerry Frohlich, Floyd
Witten and the late Irith
Witten.
He is a student at
Millennium Middle School
in South Lyon. For his most
meaningful mitzvah project,
Tyler delivered food for
Yad Ezra in Berkley to help
with food insecurity in our
community.
MAZEL TOV!
JUNE 16, 2020
Adam and Amanda (Gorman) Berman of
Huntington Woods, welcomed their beautiful
son, Miles Seth (Tzvi Shalom). Welcoming
Miles home was excited big sister Ellie and
thrilled grandparents Alex and Vicki Berman
of West Bloomfield, Judy and Bruce Gorman of Livonia,
and overjoyed great-grandma Rena Berman of West
Bloomfield. Miles is named in loving memory of his
paternal grandfather, Morris Jerris; maternal grand-
father, Saul Gross; and maternal great-grandfather,
Herman Boraks.
HOW TO SUBMIT ANNOUNCEMENTS
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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.
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