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ingredients, except 
chives, and transfer the 
mixture to a large baking 
dish. Cover the baking 
dish with foil and bake 
for 1 hour, or until the 
vegetables are tender. 
Adjust seasonings, 
sprinkle with chives, 
and serve hot. Makes 12 
servings.

PFLAUMEN KUCHEN
This old-fashioned 
coffeecake takes 
advantage of summer 
fruits. You can make this 
not-too-sweet kuchen 
with peaches or apples 
as well.

Topping: 

1 tsp. cinnamon

¼ cup sugar

Kuchen:

1½ cups all-purpose flour

1½ tsp. baking powder

1½ tsp. ground cinnamon

¾ cup (1½ sticks) unsalted 

butter, room temperature

1½ cups sugar

3 large eggs

1 Tbsp. vanilla extract

5-7 large plums, halved, pitted 

and cut into eighths

Directions:
Preheat oven to 
350°F. Spray a 9- by 
13-inch baking pan or 
9-inch springform pan 
equivalent with non-
stick cooking spray. Set 
aside. Place the topping 
ingredients in a small 
bowl and stir to combine. 
Set aside.
Place butter and sugar 
in large bowl and beat 
well with an electric mixer 
until creamy. Beat in the 
eggs. Add flour, baking 
powder and cinnamon 
and beat well. Spread 
batter into the prepared 
pan.
Arrange plums over 
the batter, pressing them 
into the batter slightly. 
Sprinkle the kuchen with 
the cinnamon and sugar 
topping.
Place the kuchen in 
the center of the oven 
and bake 60-70 minutes 
or until the top is golden 
and the batter is set. 
Cool and serve warm 
or at room temperature, 
cut into squares. Serves 
12-16, heartily. 

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ROSH HASHANAH
RECIPES
MAZEL TOV!

Ezra Reuben 
Ashkenazi, son of 
Alaine and Ronnie 
Ashkenazi, will be 
called to the Torah 
as a bar mitzvah at 
Congregation Shaarey 
Zedek in Southfield on 
Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023. He 
is the loving grandson of 
Sarah Waldshan, Lea 
Ashkenazi, and the late David 
Waldshan and Yehuda 
Ashkenazi. 
Ezra is a student at Walnut 
Creek Middle School in West 
Bloomfield. One of his many 
mitzvah projects consisted of 
volunteering at Yad Ezra in 
Berkley.

Aiden Jacob 
Burnstein, son of 
Keri and Lee 
Burnstein, will be 
called to the Torah 
as a bar mitzvah at 
Temple Israel in West 
Bloomfield on Friday, Aug. 25, 
2023. He is the loving grand-
child of Judith and Edward 
Burnstein, Patricia Krentzin, 
the late Joseph Selik and the 
late Jeffrey Krentzin. 
He is a student at Hillel 
Day School of Metropolitan 
Detroit in Farmington Hills. 
Aiden’s most meaningful mitz-
vah project was baking and 
selling cookies so he could 
donate the proceeds to the 
Alzheimer’s Association. 

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Kozlowski 101st
E

dith Kozlowski of West 
Bloomfield will celebrate 
her 101st birthday on Sept. 
20, 2023. She will mark the day 
with those closest to her: her 
children, Jay (the late Linda) 
(Renee), Ruthie, Joe (Jill); grand-
children, Rachel, Anna (Bryan), 
David, Julia, Max and Ben; and 
great-grandchildren, Elliot and 
Sloane. She was the wife of the 
late Marvin Kozlowski; they had 
been married for 70 years. After 
surviving the Holocaust, Edith and Marvin reconnected in 
the States and were married in 1950 in Detroit, created a 
beautiful family and instilled their values in its members. 
Edith and her family continue to honor Marvin’s legacy as 
they celebrate this milestone.