SEPTEMBER 23 • 2021 | 35

MAZEL TOV!

JULY 7, 2021 
Rebecca Blinder Mets and Erik Mets of 
Seattle, Wash., are thrilled to announce the 
birth of their son, Asher Isaac Mets. Asher 
was welcomed home by big sister Theodora 
Sage and grandparents Laurie and Mark 
Blinder of West Bloomfield. Grandparents Peter Mets 
of Ann Arbor and Sandy Mets of Dexter cannot wait 
to meet him. Asher is named in loving memory of his 
great-great-grandfather Isak Blinder.

FEB. 22, 2021
Steven Baer and Merritt Olson Baer of 
Portland, Ore., are delighted to announce 
the birth of their son, Reed Andrew Baer 
(Shmuel), the beloved brother of Sylvia and 
Louise. He is the cherished grandson of 
Robert and Patricia Baer, now of Sarasota, Fla., Richard 
Olson and Barbara Mueller of Chicago, Ill., and Betsy 
Olson of Portland, Ore.

Matthew 
Jared Bloch, 
surrounded by 
family and 
friends, will 
become a bar 
mitzvah at Temple Israel 
in West Bloomfield on 
Friday, Sept. 24, 2021. He 
will be joined in 
celebration by his proud 
parents, Stacey and Dr. 
Michael Bloch, and 
siblings Samantha and 
Alexander. Matthew is the 
loving grandchild of 
Barbara and Dr. Arnold 
Goldman, and Flo and 
Louis Bloch. 
He is a student at 
Clifford H. Smart Middle 
School in Commerce 
Township. Among his 
many mitzvah projects, 
Matthew’s most 
meaningful project was 
creating care packages 
and raising funds for the 
Heroes Circle at Kids 
Kicking Cancer.

Rebecca 
Brooke Mills, 
daughter of 
Jodi and the 
late Robert 
Mills, will chant 
from the Torah as she 
becomes a bat mitzvah at 
Temple Israel in West 
Bloomfield on Saturday, 
Sept. 25, 2021. She will 
be joined in celebration 
by her brother Jacob. 
Rebecca is the loving 
grandchild of Annie Weiss 
and the late Gary Weiss, 
and Sharon and Stuart 
Mills.
 She is a student at 
West Bloomfield High 
School. As part of her 
most meaningful mitzvah 
project, Rebecca made 
blankets for patients at 
Children’s Hospital.

Jonathan 
Kukes 
Schwartz, son 
of Dr. Rachel 
Kukes 
Schwartz and 
Dr. Mark Schwartz, will 
lead the congregation in 
prayer as he becomes a 
bar mitzvah at Temple 
Israel in West Bloomfield 
on Saturday, Sept. 25, 
2021. He will be joined in 
celebration by his sib-
lings Benjamin and Julia. 
Jonathan is the loving 
grandchild of the late 
Esther and Lawrence 
Schwartz, Lynne and 
Michael Kukes, and 
Nancy and James 
Grosfeld. 
He is a student at 
Detroit Country Day 
School in Beverly Hills. 
As part of his mitzvah 
project, Jonathan vol-
unteered at Team GUTS 
camp by working with 
children, teens and adults 
with special needs. It is 
a camp that focuses on 
physical fitness, exercise 
and sports activities. He 
also raised funds for this 
special organization.

Talia Yve 
Spielmann 
became a bat 
mitzvah at 
Congregation 
Shaarey 
Zedek in Southfield on 
Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021. 
She was joined in cele-
bration by her proud par-
ents, Katie and Benny 
Spielmann, and brother 
Noam. Her loving grand-
parents are Hannah and 
Gordon Moss and Miriam 
and Shaul Spielmann.

 Talia is a student at 
Hillel Day School of 
Metropolitan Detroit in 
Farmington Hills. For her 
mitzvah project, she will 
be working to raise funds 
to help kids go to sum-
mer camp.

Ethan Isaac 
Tigay, son of 
Julie and 
David Tigay, 
will lead the 
congregation 
in prayer as he becomes 
a bar mitzvah on 
Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021, 
at Adat Shalom 
Synagogue in 
Farmington Hills. Ethan 
will be joined in celebra-
tion by his brother Jonah 
and proud grandparents 
Renee and Barry Bean, 
and Judy Tigay and Barry 
Tigay. Ethan is the loving 
great-grandchild of the 
late Margaret and Irving 
Siporin, the late Shirley 
and Herbert Bean, the 
late Zelda and Harry Kay, 
and the late Ethel and 
Leonard Tigay.
Ethan is a student 
at Hillel Day School of 
Metropolitan Detroit in 
Farmington Hills. His 
meaningful mitzvah proj-
ect was adopting a family 
with five boys through 
Soul Detroit, and he was 
able to provide them with 
clothing, new shoes and 
sports equipment for the 
new school year. 

