38 | JUNE 2 • 2022
MAZEL TOV!
Matthew
Harrison Ben,
son of Jaime
and Michael
Ben, will
become a bar
mitzvah at Temple Israel
in West Bloomfield on
Friday, June 3, 2022. He
will be joined in celebra-
tion by his sisters Caryn
and Hannah. Matthew is
the loving grandchild of
Barbara and Allan Ben,
Sherry Cantor and the late
George Cantor. He is the
loving great-grandchild of
Evelyn Cantor.
Matthew is a student
at West Hills Middle
School in West Bloomfield
Township. His most mean-
ingful mitzvah project was
planning a fundraiser for
SCOPE (Summer Camp
Opportunities Promote
Education) to help provide
summer camp scholar-
ships for kids all over the
United States.
Dylan Beck
Gedrich (Lev
Bentzi) will
read from the
Torah as he
celebrates his
bar mitzvah with family
and friends on Friday,
June 3, 2022, at Temple
Shir Shalom in West
Bloomfield. He is the lov-
ing son of Melissa and
Paul Gedrich and brother
of Blake, Adyson and
Reese. Dylan is the grand-
son of Rena and Ron
Meyers, Dolly and the late
Mike Murley, and the late
Hugh Gedrich.
Dylan is a student at
Warner Middle School in
Farmington Hills. His most
meaningful mitzvah proj-
ect was volunteering at
Friendship Circle in West
Bloomfield, where he
helped kids with physical
and cognitive challenges
play sports and have fun.
Kinsley Rose
Kurns, daugh-
ter of Gisele
and David
Kurns, will be
called to the
Torah as a bat mitzvah at
Temple Israel in West
Bloomfield on Saturday,
June 4, 2022. She will be
joined in celebration by
her brother Liam. Kinsley
is the loving grandchild of
Susan and Antoine
AbiRaji, and Brenda and
Irwin Kurns.
She is a student at
Bloomfield Hills Middle
School. Kinsley’s most
meaningful mitzvah proj-
ect was volunteering to
create and deliver care
packages to the children
at C.S. Mott Children’s
Hospital in Ann Arbor.
Jaden Logan
Lash, son of
Samantha and
Ryan Lash, will
lead the con-
gregation in
prayer as he becomes a
bar mitzvah at Temple
Israel in West Bloomfield
on Friday, June 3, 2022.
He will be joined in cele-
bration by his sister
Madison. Jaden is the lov-
ing grandson of Annie
Lash and the loving
great-grandson of Jerry
Gurwin.
Jaden is a student at
Berkshire Middle School
in Beverly Hills. He creat-
ed his own special charity
to support children in the
Pediatric Hematology/
Oncology Department
at Beaumont and DMC
Behrman-Bloom
P
amela and Kenneth
Bloom of West Bloomfield
and Francine Behrman
of Burtonsville, Md., and Scott
Behrman of Germantown, Md., are
thrilled to announce the engage-
ment of their children Natalie
Bloom and Daniel Behrman.
Rabbi Paul Yedwab and Cantor
Neil Michaels of Temple Israel will
officiate the wedding to be held
on Oct. 8, 2022, at State Savings
Bank in Detroit.
The bride works at an educa-
tion tech startup to provide resources to classrooms across
the country. She graduated from the University of Michigan
and received her master’s of education at Johns Hopkins
University.
The groom works as an attorney at Fried, Frank, Harris,
Shriver and Jacobson. He graduated from the University of
Michigan and has his juris doctor from Duke University.
The couple reside in Washington, D.C.
MAY 5, 2022
Megan and Evan Pomish of Bloomfield Hills are
thrilled to announce the birth of their son, Asher
Alan (Avraham) Pomish. Proud are grandparents
Nancy and Michael Pomish, and Colleen and
Michael Wood, big sisters Norah and Maya, as
well as great-grandmother Diane Pomish. Asher is also the
great-grandson of the late Seymour Pomish, the late
LaNore and the late Sol P. Stone.
MARCH 7, 2022
Rose (Partrich) and Vadim Garber of Bloomfield
Hills 6elatedly announce the birth of their son,
Avi Zachary. Avi was welcomed home by his big
brother Isaac. Avi is the grandson of Debra and
Richard Partrich, and Svetlana and Igor Garber. He
is the great-grandson of Svetlana Kovalenko and Svetlana
Garber. He is named in loving memory of his paternal
great-grandfather Viktor Kovalenko.
JAN. 14, 2022
Kate and David Zenlea of Huntington Woods joy-
fully announce the birth of their daughter, Maya
Scarlett. Maya is named in memory of her paternal
great-grandfather Seymour Zenlea. She joins her
sister, Shoshana Rey. Maternal grandparents are
Karen and Robert Weisberg of Bloomfield Hills. Paternal grand-
parents are Sara and Bruce Zenlea of Boynton Beach, Fla.
Maternal great-grandparents are the late Sandra and the late
Murray Schwartz, and the late Belle and the late Saul Weisberg.
Paternal great-grandparents are the late Lillian and the late
Louis Gadon, and the late Rhoda and the late Seymour Zenlea.