60 | AUGUST 31 • 2023
Aaron
Gendelman of
West Bloomfield
will become a
bar mitzvah on
Saturday, Sept.
2, 2023. The ceremony will
be performed by Rabbi
Jason Miller at MI
Concourse in Pontiac.
Participating in the ceremo-
ny will be parents, Vladimir
and Janet Gendelman, and
Aaron’s sister Noa
Gendelman. Proud grand-
parents are Lev and Diana
Freyman of Waterford and
Yury and Anna Gendelman
of West Bloomfield.
Aaron is a student at
South Hills Middle School
in Bloomfield Hills. His
mitzvah projects include
volunteering at the Yad Ezra
food bank in Berkley. Aaron
is excited to be a b’nai
mitzvah with his lifelong
friends Nolan Johnston,
Aiden Kotikovsky and Ari
Raykinstein.
Nolan Johnston
of West
Bloomfield will
become a bar
mitzvah on
Saturday, Sept.
2, 2023. The ceremony will
be performed by Rabbi
Jason Miller at M1
Concourse in Pontiac.
Participating in the ceremo-
ny will be parents, David
and Karina Johnston, and
Nolan’s sister Briella
Johnston. Proud grandpar-
ents are Arkadiy and Irina
Vaks of West Bloomfield
and George Johnston (the
late Lynn Furman Johnston).
Nolan is a student at
South Hills Middle School
in Bloomfield Hills. His mitz-
vah project included vol-
unteering at Yad Ezra food
bank in Berkley. Nolan is
proud to celebrate his b’nai
mitzvah with his lifelong
friends Aaron Gendelman,
Aiden Kotikovsky and Ari
Raykinstein.
Aiden
Kotikovsky of
West Bloomfield
will become a
bar mitzvah on
Saturday, Sept.
2, 2023. The ceremony will
be performed by Rabbi
Jason Miller at M1
Concourse in Pontiac.
Participating in the ceremo-
ny will be parents, Jeff
Kotikovsky and Yelena
Kotikovsky, and Aiden’s
brother Max Kotikovsky.
Proud grandparents are
Greg and Mila Sigal, and
Alex and Olga Kotikovsky of
West Bloomfield. Proud
great-grandparents are
Leonid Yasevich of West
Bloomfield and Zhenya
Kotikovsky of Southfield.
Aiden is a student at
South Hills Middle School
in Bloomfield Hills. His
mitzvah project included
volunteering at the Yad Ezra
food bank in Berkley. He is
looking forward to his b’nai
mitzvah with his lifelong
friends Nolan Johnston,
Aaron Gendelman and Ari
Raykinstein.
Lila Taylor Lazor,
daughter of
Kyley and Jeffrey
Lazor, will be
called to the
Torah as a bat
mitzvah at Temple Israel in
West Bloomfield on
Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023.
She will be joined in cele-
bration by her sisters,
Emersyn and Vivian. Lila is
the loving grandchild of
Debi and Larry Kaplan, and
Mindy Lazor. She is the
adoring great-grandchild of
Beverly Reichlin.
Lila is a student at West
Hills Middle School in West
Bloomfield. Her most mean-
ingful mitzvah project was
collecting and donating
money to Project Play, an
initiative that helps to build
communities in which all
children, regardless of race,
income or ability, have the
opportunity to be active in
sports.
Ari Raykinstein
of West
Bloomfield will
become bar
mitzvah on
Saturday, Sept.
2, 2023. The ceremony will
be performed by Rabbi
Jason Miller at M1
Concourse in Pontiac.
Participating in the ceremo-
ny will be parents, Kristina
and Eric Raykinstein, and
Ari’s brother, Eli Raykinstein.
Proud grandparents are
Lana and Alex Orman of
Waterford.
Ari is a student at South
Hills Middle School in
Bloomfield Hills. His mitzvah
project included volunteer-
ing at Yad Ezra food bank
in Berkley. Ari is proud to
be a b’nai mitzvah his with
his lifelong friends Nolan
Johnston, Aiden Kotikovsky
and Aaron Gendelman.
Maya Joelle
Weingarden of
Orchard Lake
will become a
bat mitzvah at
Congregation
Shaarey Zedek in
Southfield on Saturday,
Sept. 2, 2023. Participating
in the ceremony will be
Matthew Weingarden and
Brooke Weingarden (Ben
Handelsman) as well as
Gavin and Shane
Handelsman. Proud grand-
parents are Randee Lipman
of West Bloomfield, Lynn
Lipman of West Bloomfield,
Sidney Weingarden and
Terri Gallant of Farmington
Hills. She is also the grand-
daughter of the late Sander
Lipman and the late Meryl
Weingarden.
Maya is a student at Hillel
Day School of Metropolitan
Detroit in Farmington
Hills. Her mitzvah projects
include volunteering at the
West Bloomfield-based
Friendship Circle.
Ethan Matthew
Zuckerman, son
of Stephanie
Zeskind and
Adam
Zuckerman, will
lead the congregation in
prayer as a bar mitzvah at
Temple Israel in West
Bloomfield on Saturday,
Sept. 2, 2023. He will be
joined in celebration by his
brothers Bradley and Ari.
Ethan is the loving grand-
child of Sandy and Jay
Zeskind, and Beverly and
Steve Zuckerman.
He is a student at
Bloomfield Hills Middle
School. Ethan’s most mean-
ingful mitzvah project was
working with Metro Food
Rescue, delivering fresh
food to those in need from
those who would otherwise
discard it.
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