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MAZEL TOV!

DEC. 12, 2020
Allison (Gold) and Benjie Klein of West 
Bloomfield are thrilled to announce the birth of 
their daughter, Alexis Izzy Klein. Alexis is the 
granddaughter of Esther and Ken Gold of Royal 
Oak, and Noreen and Al Klein of Farmington 
Hills. Alexis Izzy is named in memory of Allison’s aunt 
Alexis (Gold) Chassin and Benjie’s bubbie Isadora “Izzy” 
Helfman. 

Samson Green
will chant from 
the Torah on the 
occasion of his 
bar mitzvah 
Saturday, May 
22, 2021, at Temple Israel
in West Bloomfield. He will 
be joined in celebration by 
his proud parents, Michelle 
and Eugen Green, and 
brother Maxwell. Samson 
is the loving grandchild of 
Ervin and the late Linda 
Green, and Ping and 
Stanley Chiu. 
 Samson is a student at 
Bloomfield Hills Middle 
School. For his mitzvah 
project, he raised funds 
for the Miracle League of 
Southfield, which is home 
to Michigan’s first baseball 
field for children with 
any physical or cognitive 
disability, offering the true 
Major League experience.

Eli Mitchell 
Haenick will 
chant from the 
Torah as he 
becomes a bar 
mitzvah at 
Temple Israel in West 
Bloomfield on Saturday, 
May 22, 2021. He will be 
joined in celebration by 
his proud parents, Liz and 
Marty Haenick, and 
brother Benjamin. Eli is the 
loving grandchild of Dr. 
Ervin and the late Linda 

Green, and Anita and Dr. 
Edward Haenick. 
He is a student at 
Birmingham Covington 
School. As part of his 
mitzvah project, Eli will be 
donating funds to Canines 
for Disabled Kids.

Jordan Hailey 
Kaplan will 
become a bat 
mitzvah at 
Temple Beth El 
in Bloomfield 
Township on Saturday, 
May 22, 2021. She is the 
daughter of Scott and Liz 
Kaplan, the sister of Aiden 
and Gavin, and the 
granddaughter of Paula 
and the late Jeff Kaplan, 
and Jim and Marsha 
Herrick of North Carolina.
Jordan is a seventh-
grader at Clifford 
Smart Middle School 
in Commerce. For her 
mitzvah project, Jordan 
and her mom worked at 
a shelter helping to feed 
those in need 

Molly Rohtbart
will chant from 
the Torah on the 
occasion of her 
bat mitzvah at 
Temple Israel in 
West Bloomfield on Friday, 
May 21, 2021. She will be 
joined in celebration by 
her proud parents, Melissa 

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