48 | MAY 26 • 2022
Brooks Kogan
Barron, son of
Lori Kaftan and
Marc Barron, will
be called to the
Torah as a bar
mitzvah at Temple Israel in
West Bloomfield on Friday,
May 27, 2022. He will be
joined in celebration by his
brother Quinn. Brooks is the
loving grandchild of Carole
Kaftan Rubin and Barry
Rubin, Geraldine and Melvin
Kaftan, and Nora and Guy
Barron.
Brooks is a student at
Birmingham Covington
School in Bloomfield
Hills. His most meaningful
mitzvah project was
packing backpacks and
donating school supplies
for elementary students in
Detroit.
Preston Cole
Blum, son of Dr.
Adina Blum, will
be called to the
Torah as a bar
mitzvah at
Temple Beth El in
Bloomfield Township on
Saturday, May 28, 2022. He
will be joined in celebration
by his brother Bentley.
Preston’s late grandparents
are Phylis and Calvin Blum,
and Constance and John
Haimbaugh.
He is a student at
Birmingham Covington
School. One of his most
meaningful mitzvah projects
was making Spread
Kindness bags during
COVID with handmade
masks, sanitizer, water,
snacks and words of hope
and encouragement, then
personally handing them out
to the homeless.
Sam Miles
Daitch, son of
Heather and
Andy Daitch, was
called to the
Torah as a bar
mitzvah at Adat Shalom
Synagogue in Farmington
Hills on Saturday, May 21,
2022. He was joined in
celebration by his sisters
Emily and Jillian. Sam is the
loving grandchild of Dr.
Mark and Lauren
Rosenberg, and Dr. Jay and
Sharon Daitch.
Sam is a student at
Bloomfield Hills Middle
School. For his mitzvah
project, he has been
collecting new and used
sports equipment to donate
to Detroit PAL.
David Patrick
Devaney, son of
Caryn and
Dennis Devaney,
will be called to
the Torah as a
bar mitzvah at Temple Israel
in West Bloomfield on
Friday, May 27, 2022. He
will be joined in celebration
by his brother Matthew and
sister Lauren. David is the
loving grandson of Marshall
and the late Karen
Weingarden, the late Helen
and William Bush III, and the
late Dorothy and Peter
Devaney.
David’s most meaningful
mitzvah project was working
with Brilliant Detroit,
collecting books to support
reading and literacy for
elementary-aged school
children.
Lauren Elizabeth
Devaney,
daughter of
Caryn and
Dennis Devaney,
will be called to
the Torah as a bat mitzvah
at Temple Israel in West
Bloomfield on Friday, May
27, 2022. She will be joined
in celebration by her
brothers Matthew and
David. Lauren is the loving
granddaughter of Marshall
and the late Karen
Weingarden, the late Helen
and William Bush III, and the
late Dorothy and Peter
Devaney.
Lauren’s most meaningful
mitzvah project was working
with Brilliant Detroit,
collecting books to support
reading and literacy for
elementary-aged school
children.
Eliana Lillian
Weiss, daughter
of Amy and
Kevin Weiss, will
be called to the
Torah as a bat
mitzvah at Temple Israel in
West Bloomfield on
Saturday, May 28, 2022.
She will be joined in
celebration by her siblings
Samuel and Gwendolyn.
Eliana is the loving
grandchild of Andria and
Mark Weiss, and Janice and
Barry Kelman. She is the
great-grandchild of Rose
and Mark Hechler.
Eliana is a student at
Norup International School
in Oak Park. In addition
to many mitzvah projects,
her most meaningful was
raising money by organizing
donation drives for the
Detroit Dog Rescue.
MAZEL TOV!
APRIL 12, 2022
Chad and Whitney Techner are delighted to
announce the birth of their daughter, Nora Jane
Techner. Thrilled big siblings are Eli, Miriam and
Bonnie. Grandparents are David and Ilene
Techner of Birmingham, and Cindy Brown of
Corvallis, Ore. Great-grandparents are the late
Babs and the late Herb Kaufman.
Goldsmith 60th
B
arbara and
Herman Goldsmith
celebrated their
60th wedding anniver-
sary in April with a party
at their home on Sylvan-
Otter Lake in Waterford.
Joining in the celebra-
tion were their children,
grandchildren and six
great-grandchildren
as well as other family
members and a host
of friends. Barbara was a former teacher at Oak Park High
School and just completed 35 years as a volunteer docent
at the DIA. Herman, a retailer, was the original owner of
Joe’s Army Navy Stores.