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…LET US CREATE celebrate YOUR EVENT . . . a guide to simchahs Personal Touch ONE BITS Al A TIME Custom benchers for any celebration. Ronelle Grier R I Contributing Writer eciting the grace after meals, or or explanations of the prayers and practices, such as the bencher Lewis created for the wedding of Aaron Konvisser and Hailing "Diana" Huang. While the bride had converted to Judaism, most of her family members were not familiar w...…
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…_c Co _c E ' c7) ( - Unexpectedly Under The Chuppah O 7 Marilyn and Mel Rothenberg's surprise vow renewal. Shelli Liebman Dorfman I Contributing Writer m arilyn and Mel Rothenberg there. Everybody came to that had a plan for celebrat- house. They swam in the pool. ing their 60th wedding We barbecued every Sunday with anniversary this past June. The former friends and relatives and the kids Detroiters would fly to Michigan from had part...…
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…CU2 rti-0 Professional Portraits NATU RALLY PHOTOG RAPHY BY MO NNI MU ST ‘--P ° NATURALLY PHOTOGRAPHY BY MO NNI MUST Above: Jessica Jacobs of Birmingham: pregnancy portrait at Sylvan Lake, February 2014. C 5 2 celebrate! I Ma rch 2014 Left: Jeffrey Fox of West Bloomfield, senior portrait for Roeper High School at Sylvan Lake, fall 2013. …
…ENCHANTED PH OTOGRAPHY BY MARLA MI CHELE MU ST ENCHANTED PHOTOGRAPHY BY MARLA MICHELE MU ST Above: Shirley Cetner of Bloomfield Hills welcomes new daughter Lila. Left: Eli Saulson of Franklin wel- comes his beautiful new daughter Fara Naomi into the world. continued on page C54 celebrate! I March 2014 C 5 3 …
…Scenes from Christine Shammas and David Zeitlan's wedding reception at the Shenandoah County Club in West Bloomfield on Dec. 7, 2013. Rabbi Harold Loss of Temple Israel in West Bloomfield officiated. The couple live in West Bloomfield. C 5 4 celebrate! I Ma rc h 2014 BRIAN MASSERMAN, MASSERMAN PHOTOGRAPHY BRIAN MASSERMAN, MA SSERMAN PH OTOGRAPHY continued from page C53 …
…LIEBERMAN PHOTOGRAPHY Above: Jasmine (Zheng) and Greg Shumer of Ann Arbor at their wedding with their bridal party at Ann Arbor Marriott at Eagle Crest on June 1, 2013. Left: Dylan Edelman, 13, of West Bloomfield at Andiamo in Novi on Nov. 2, 2013. LIEBERMAN PHOTOGRAPHY continued on page C56 celebrate! I March 2014 C 5 5 …
…NATURALLY PH OTOGRAPHY BY MONNI MUST BRIAN MASS ERMA N, MASSERMAN PHOTOG RAPHY Zeitlan's wedding reception at the Shenandoah County Club in West Bloomfield on Dec. 7, 2013. BRIAN MASSERMAN, MASSERMAN PH OTOGRAPHY Right and below: Scenes from Christine Shammas and David Above: Romy Rosen of Los Angeles, Calif., the 1-year-old daughter of Layne and Kyle Rosen, at Venice Beach, January 2014. LIEBERMAN PHOTOG RAPHY Left: Dr. Daniel and Paul...…
