34 | JUNE 13 • 2024
J
N
Handler 90th
W
allace “Wally”
Handler of
Bloomfield Hills will
turn 90 years old on June
17, 2024. A lifelong Michigan
Wolverine and legendary Dean
of the Bankruptcy Bar, Wally
will celebrate at the Detroit
Athletic Club with his beloved
wife of 67 years, Marlene, and
children, Missy, Howard and
Meg, as well as daughter-in-
law, Wendy, and son-in-law,
Rick Draheim. Grandchildren Rian Handler Ephraim and
her husband, Dr Adam J Ephraim, of Hanover, Mass.,
Eli Handler of Brooklyn, N..Y, and great-grandson, Gus
Ephraim, will be there in spirit.
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Brodie Grubbs
(Dovid) of West
Bloomfield will
become a bar
mitzvah on
Saturday, June
15, 2024, at Adat Shalom
Synagogue in Farmington
Hills. Proud parents are
Ashley and Jimmy
Grubbs. Brodie is the
brother of Hannah, Chase
and Grayson Grubbs. He
is the grandson of Neal
Kahn and the late Susan,
Gwen Grubbs and the late
David.
Brodie is a student at
West Bloomfield Middle
School.
Ephraim
Mordechai, son
of Leah
Shamailov and
Avi Mordechai,
will be called
to the Torah as a bar
mitzvah at Temple Israel
in West Bloomfield on
Saturday, June 15, 2024.
He will be joined in
celebration by his brother
Shimon. Ephraim is the
loving grandchild of Ida
and Abram Shamailov.
He is a student at
West Bloomfield Middle
School. Ephraim’s most
meaningful mitzvah
project was volunteering
for Lighthouse in Pontiac,
where he raised money,
coordinated shopping lists
and donated food to help
local families in need.
MEREDITH SHAPIRO
Cranbrook Kingswood
Convocation Speaker, Jewish News Rising
Star: 18 Under 18, Varsity Swim Team Captain,
Varsity Ski State Championship Qualifying
Team (2 yrs.), Friendship Circle volunteer and
board, Jewish Fund Teen Board Year 2 Leader,
JCRC/AJC Student to Student, UMatter Board President,
Bridge the Divide President, Winter Walden ski and
snowboard instructor, Mark Ridley’s Comedy Castle
comedian, Scholar-Athlete Award (4 years), Honor Roll/
Dean’s List (4 years), AP Scholar, Strickland Writing
Award.
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