32 | APRIL 8 • 2021
MAZEL TOV!
Riley Madison
Belkin and
Joely Brooke
Belkin will share
the bimah as
they lead the
congregation in prayer on
the occasion of their b’not
mitzvah at Temple Israel in
West Bloomfield on Friday,
April 9, 2021. They will be
joined in celebration by
their proud parents, Stacey
and Martin Belkin. Joely
and Riley are the loving
grandchildren of Lynn and
the late Kenneth Levine,
and Elaine and Alan
Belkin, and great-
grandchild of the late
Jennie Fried.
The girls attend
Derby Middle School in
Birmingham. Among their
many mitzvah projects,
both Joely and Riley
found it most meaningful
to raise funds for Make
a Difference Animal
Rescue for abused and
abandoned animals.
Talia Simone
Hortick will lead
the congregation
in prayer as she
becomes a bat
mitzvah on
Friday, April 9, 2021, at
Temple Israel in West
Bloomfield. She will be
joined in celebration by her
proud parents, Melissa and
Brad Feldman and Marty
and Alison Hortick. Also
joining in celebration will be
her siblings Maxwell, Emily,
Allison and Robert. Talia is
the loving grandchild of
Simone Vitale, Jeanne
Vitale and Jeffrey Parsons,
Millie and the late Morton
Feldman, Marilyn and
Harvey Hortick, and Marci
and Marvin Shulman.
She is a student at
Hillel Day School of
Metropolitan Detroit in
Farmington Hills. As part
of her most meaningful
mitzvah project, Talia
created Caring Cards for
COVID to lift people’s
spirits during the
pandemic.
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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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information or for a mailed or emailed copy of guidelines.
Berman 90th
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laine Berman of West
Bloomfield celebrated
her 90th birthday on
Feb. 17, 2021, with her in-town
children and their spouses and
then this past week when all
her children could be together.
Joining Elaine were daughter,
Andrea Goldberg, with her
husband, Jonas Goldberg;
son, Scott Berman, and his
wife, Cheryl Berman; and
son, Larry Berman, with his
wife, Catherine Berman. Due to the COVID pandemic,
Elaine’s seven grandchildren (and their spouses) and
five great-grandchildren all sent gifts and love. Her late
husband of 71 years, Arnold Berman, was there in spirit.
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Mark Jerome
Malinowski
Shapiro, son of
Dr. Susan
Malinowski and
Gary Shapiro,
will chant from the Torah
on the occasion of his
bar mitzvah at Temple
Israel in West Bloomfield
on Saturday, April 10,
2021. He will be joined in
celebration by his brother
Max and his proud
grandparents Drs. Jolanta
and Edward Malinowski.
He is also the loving
grandchild of the late
Jerome Shapiro and the
late Mildred Shapiro.
Mark is a student at
Cranbrook Kingswood
Middle School for Boys in
Bloomfield Hills. As part
of his most meaningful
mitzvah project, Mark
volunteered at the
Temple Israel Free Fresh
Food Pantry.