MAZEL TOV!

52 | AUGUST 17 • 2023 

Elizabeth Jeanette Fikany, daughter of 
Marcy and John Fikany, will be called to the 
Torah as a bat mitzvah at Temple Israel in 
West Bloomfield on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023. 
She will be joined in celebration by her 
brother David. Elizabeth is the loving 
grandchild of Diane Cutler, Mary and Allan Morton, and 
the late Jeanette and the late James Fikany. She is the 
adoring great-grandchild of the late Helen and the late 
Armand Kain, the late Norman Feig, and the late 
Kalmayne and the late Morris Morton. 
She is a student at Detroit Country Day School in 
Beverly Hills. Elizabeth’s most meaningful mitzvah 
project was working with Yad Ezra in Berkley, 
delivering food to homes and helping with holiday 
distribution in the warehouse. 

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Jewish community. Anniversaries, engagements and weddings 
with a photo (preferably color) can appear at a cost of $18 
each. Births are $10. There is no charge for bar/bat mitzvahs 
or for special birthdays starting at the 90th.
For information, contact Editorial Assistant Sy Manello 
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information or for a mailed or emailed copy of guidelines.

F

rancine and Joel Piell 
of West Bloomfield 
celebrated their 60th 
wedding anniversary on Aug. 
11, 2023. They marked the 
occasion with their immediate 
family at a gathering in New 
Buffalo, Mich. The Piells are 
the parents of Jeffrey and 
Hilda Piell of Northbrook, Ill., 
and Stacey and Larry Milen 
of Farmington Hills. They are 
the grandparents of Sarah 
and Zachary Piell of Chicago, Ill., and Harrison Milen of 
Farmington Hills.

Piell 60th

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