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
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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.

