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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

