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.

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.
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information or for a mailed or emailed copy of guidelines.

Berman 90th
E

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.

