40 | NOVEMBER 25 • 2021

MAZEL TOV!

Harwood-Zamanigian
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effrey and Debbie
Harwood of Oak Park are
delighted to announce the
engagement of their daughter
Erin Lindsay to Drew Garen,
son of Dr. Gary and Maryann
Zamanigian of Bloomfield Hills.
Erin earned her bachelor
of science in psychology
from Wayne State University
and is working as a law clerk
for a bankruptcy law firm in
Southfield.
Drew earned his bachelor of arts in sociology from
Madonna and his master’s in clinical psychology from
Palm Beach Atlantic University. He is a business analyst
at a subrogation firm in Bloomfield Hills.
Erin is the granddaughter of the late Marilyn and
Bernie Harwood, and the late Elayne Harelik. Drew is
the grandson of Jean and the late Zory Sarkisian, and
the late Leo and Victoria Zamanigian.
A July wedding is planned.

Danto 90th
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uthye Danto turned 90 on
Nov. 17, 2021. She is the
daughter of the late Sarah
and Harry Friedberg and sister
of the late Lloo Seidman. Ruthye
is married to Charles Danto, 90;
together they have four children,
Irwin (Karen) Danto, Beth (Bob)
Borson, Debby Farber and Jay
(Debbie) Danto. Their grandchil-
dren are Lauren (Steven) Bloom,
Lindsey (Joe) Hill, Joel (Devonie)
Danto, Adam Borson, Harris
Farber, Josh (Jenna) Borson, Ashley (Nathan) Silverman,
Samantha and Jilian Danto. Great-grandchildren are
Parker and Asher Bloom, Lucas, Jackson, Aiden and Grace
Hill, Ava and Levi Borson, Ezra Danto, and Eden and Isla
Silverman. They celebrated at a family brunch.

Emily Jane
Rosenberg,
daughter of Beth
and Brad
Rosenberg, will
lead services
and become a bat mitzvah
at Temple Shir Shalom in
West Bloomfield on Friday,
Nov. 26, 2021. Emily will be
joined by brother Ian and
proud grandparents Mardi
and David Rosenberg of
Las Vegas, Nev., and Kay
and Bob Weprin of Toledo,
Ohio.
Emily is a seventh-grader
at Cranbrook Kingswood
girls’ middle school in
Bloomfield Hills. Her mitz-
vah project was making
and donating blankets and
other needed supplies to a
homeless shelter in Wayne
County.

Ari Benjamin
Salama will be
called to the
Torah as a bar
mitzvah at
Congregation
Shaarey Zedek in
Southfield on Saturday,
Nov. 27, 2021. Participating
in the ceremony will be par-
ents, Rebecca Abel and Joe
Buick, Dr. David and Pauline
Salama; and brothers Elliot
and Oliver. Proud grandpar-
ents are Dr. Joseph and
Rita Salama of Farmington
Hills, and Dr. Ernest and
Barbara Abel of West
Bloomfield.
Ari is a student at Hillel
Day School of Metropolitan
Detroit in Farmington Hills.

Sophia Hannah
Snyder, daugh-
ter of Hayley and
Mark Snyder, will
lead the congre-
gation in prayer
as she becomes a bat mitz-
vah at Temple Israel in
West Bloomfield on Friday,
Nov. 26, 2021. She is the
grandchild of Francie and
Gary Snyder, Paul Alekman
and the late Ann Alekman.
She will be joined in cele-
bration by her sister Leila
Snyder.
Sophia is a student at
West Hills Middle School
in Bloomfield Hills. For her
mitzvah project, she made
cookies to sell; she donated
all profits to the American
Cancer Society.

Ari Jakob Wolfe
will read from
the Torah as he
becomes a bar
mitzvah at
Temple Israel in
West Bloomfield on
Saturday, Nov 27, 2021. He
will be joined in celebration
by his proud parents, Sarah
and Todd Wolfe, and sister
Micole. Ari is the grandchild
of Laurie and Howard
Novetsky, and the late Avis
and Harold Wolfe.
He attends West Hills
Middle School in Bloomfield
Hills. As part of his mitzvah
project, Ari ran a shoe drive
through the Soles4Souls
organization, which helps
provide relief, creates jobs
and empowers people to
break the cycle of poverty.
He found this experience to
be very meaningful.