54 | JUNE 20 • 2024 
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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.