54 | JUNE 20 • 2024
J
N
Stein 90th
Michalopoulos-Podolsky
Cooper 60th
D
onald Stein, a resi-
dent of Rolling Hills
Retirement Community
in Commerce Township, turns
90 years old June 26, 2024,
along with his twin brother,
Melvin, who lives in New Jersey.
Don will celebrate with his chil-
dren and their spouses, Bob
(Lynn), Laura (Barry), and Mark
(Beth), and his grandchildren,
Rachel, Dana, Zachary, Ashley,
Bradley, Jason and Jessica, who
are spread across Michigan and New Jersey.
A
nn and Jonathan
Podolsky of Bloomfield
Hills are pleased to
announce the engagement of
their daughter Neela Lauren to
Alexander William, son of Tami
and William Michalopoulos of
Great Neck, N.Y.
Neela earned a B.S. degree in
fashion business management
and a minor in economics at the
Fashion Institute of Technology
in New York. She works as an
associate assortment planner at Macy’s Inc. in New York.
Alex earned a B.S.B.A. degree in accounting and
finance from the University of Richmond, Robins School of
Business and an M.S. in real estate from Baruch College-
Zicklin School of Business. He is a CPA and is the VP of
accounting at Innovo Property Group.
The couple will marry on Sept. 28, 2024, at the
Townsend Hotel in Birmingham.
L
orry and Jerry Cooper of
Bloomfield Hills will cele-
brate their 60th anniver-
sary on June 22, 2024. They
treasure 60 years of wonderful
memories and will celebrate
this occasion with their family.
They are thankful for all the
good wishes for health and
happiness from their family and
many friends.
Kahn-Iwrey
Zuppke 90th
M
arcia Lynn Grossman
Kahn and Alvin Jay
Iwrey want to share
their joy as they happily
announce their engagement
to be married.
After 50 years, they re-met
at a Shabes service at
Temple Israel.
K
en Zuppke of West
Bloomfield celebrated
his 90th birthday on
June 6, 2024, surrounded by
many of his family members. In
attendance were his children,
David, Allen and Julie; his
grandchildren, Jacob, Jordan,
Rachel, Adam, Stacy, Jacob
and Ali; and his significant
other, Nanci. A great time was
had by all.
MAZEL TOV!
Gianna
Fleischer (Pela)
of Birmingham
became a bat
mitzvah at
Temple Shir
Shalom in West Bloomfield
on Saturday, June 7, 2024.
She is the daughter of
Michael and Tiffany
Fleischer and sister of
Grant and Griffin Fleischer.
Proud grandparents are
Chuck and Cheryl
Vescoso, and George and
Linda Fleischer.
Gianna attends
Cranbrook School in
Bloomfield Hills. For a
mitzvah project, Gigi
worked as a madricha
at Shir Shalom, helping
with a preschool class all
school year, and she loved
working with the children.
Noah Sorser
will become a
bar mitzvah at
Temple Beth El
in Bloomfield
Township
Saturday, June 22, 2024.
He is the son of Dina and
Serge Sorser, older broth-
er of Hanna, and grandson
of Helen and Alex Sorser,
and Nina and Mark
Shkolnik.
Noah is a student at
Detroit Country Day
Middle School in Beverly
Hills. For his mitzvah proj-
ect, Noah volunteered
at Yad Ezra food bank
in Berkley and Coville
Assisted Living Facility in
Oak Park.