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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