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.

