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
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@thejewishnews.com or (248) 351-5147 for 
information or for a mailed or emailed copy of guidelines.

