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MAZEL TOV!

JOSH GLICK
Groves High School
National Honor Society, Varsity Football,
Varsity Track.
University of Michigan

NOAH HACK
Frankel Jewish Academy
Varsity Baseball, Varsity Basketball, Dale
Carnegie graduate, Torah Club, JARC
volunteer, Friendship Circle volunteer, AZA
Chapter Board, Better to Serve volunteer.
Michigan State University


MADISON KESSLER
Bloomfield Hills High School
Summa cum laude, Editor-in-Chief of The
Hawkeye, Jewish Fund Teen Board,
Forensics Captain, Science Olympiad,
Temple Israel Tyner Religious School
Madricha, National Honor Society, BYA
Outstanding Citizen Award.
University of Michigan

HOW TO SUBMIT ANNOUNCEMENTS
Mazel Tov! announcements are welcomed for members of the
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
at smanello@thejewishnews.com or (248) 351-5147 for
information or for a mailed or emailed copy of guidelines.

Liam Gabriel Kurns, son of Gisele and
David Kurns, will lead the congregation in
prayer as a bar mitzvah at Temple Israel in
West Bloomfield on Saturday, June 1, 2024.
He will be joined in celebration by his sister
Kinsley. Liam is the loving grandchild of
Susan and Antoine AbiRaji, and Brenda and Irwin
Kurns.
He is a student at South Hills Middle School in
Bloomfield Hills. Liam’s most meaningful mitzvah proj-
ect was volunteering with Friendship Circle in West
Bloomfield.

Spencer Bram Levin (Boaz) will be called to
the Torah as a bar mitzvah on Saturday,
June 1, 2024, at Temple Beth El in
Bloomfield Township. He will be joined in
celebration by his proud parents, Emily and
Darrin Levin, sister Lindsay and brother
Dylan. He is the grandson of Adrienne and Paul
Shwedel, Carole Levin and the late Larry Levin.
Spencer is a seventh-grader at Derby Middle School
in Birmingham. He enjoyed doing his mitzvah project
with his friend Charlie Feldman as they partnered with
Brilliant Detroit, collecting sports equipment to donate
to kids in communities in Detroit.

REBECCA RABIN
Frankel Jewish Academy
Student Government, Jewish Fund Teen
Board, Friendship Circle Board, BBYO
Regional Board, National Honor Society,
Varsity Volleyball and Tennis.
University of Michigan

GRACIE RAZNICK
Groves High School
State Finalist Michigan Interscholastic
Forensic Association, Student Congress
Secretary, JARC Teen Action Project, Editor
Groves Newspaper The Scriptor, Big Brother
Big Sister Captain, National Honor Society.
Syracuse University

JAKE RAZNICK
Groves High School
National Honor Society, Big Brother Big
Sister President, Groves Student Congress
Director, JARC Teen Action Project,
Distributive Education Clubs of America.
University of Michigan


AVA SIDDER
Bloomfield Hills High School
Summa cum laude, International Thespian
Society, Theater Honor Society, 12 theater
productions, Dance Captain, Annette &
Company/Gravity Dance Center Competitive
Dancer, Aliyah BBG, Aliyah Chapter Katvanit,
Temple Israel graduate.
Kent State University

CHARLIE WELHAM
Bloomfield Hills High School
Suma cum laude, National Honor Society,
Jewish Fund Teen Board, Forensics Team
Captain.
University of Michigan

CAP & GOWN