…hockey as well as reading. His most meaningful mitzvah project is ongoing and involves teaching blind children how to ice skate. Joey Rachel Herman will celebrate her bat mitzvah at Temple Israel during Havdakth services on Saturday, Dec. 2. She is the daughter of Brenda and Dr. James Herman and sister of Robert and Alexis. Excited grandparents are Anne and William Colman and Arlene and Morton Herman. Joey attends Hillel Day School of Metropo...…
…Mazel Toy! Bar/Bat Mitzvah daughter of Harriet Selik and Beverly LaFond and the late Dr. Martin Selik and Sam LaFond. Sophie is a seventh-grade honor stu- dent at Oak Valley Middle School in Commerce Township, where she tutors two mornings a week. Sophie enjoys reading, swimming and spending time with family and friends. Clothing • Accessories • • Ideas Inside Orchard Mall 851 — 1260 Wedding and Party Specialists Flowers For All Occasion...…
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…Steve Tapper (left) and Howard Tapper (right) strike a timely pose with IWC watchmaker, inventor and designer Kurt Klaus. Some stores sell designer jewelry. At M.B. Jewelry, we are the designers. (248) 356-7007 M.B. JEWELRY DESIGN & MFG. LTD. Applegate Square • 29847 Northwestern Hwy. • Southfield, MI 48034 4 • DECEMBER 2000 • STYLE AT THE IN t's that time of the year. . . Chanukah, New Year's. What better way to highlight the true beg...…
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…Jeweler to Watch: Brian Schubot Timely Location: Jules R. Schubot Jewellers, Troy. Timepiece: Blancpain Perpetual Calendar Timeline: My Blancpain Perpetual Calendar watch in 18k. gold is a self-winding watch. Blancpain has never made a quartz move- ment and has been making watches since 1735. The perpetual calendar automati- cally corrects for months shorter than 31 days. You never have to reset the calendar until the year 2100. (2100 w...…
…Jeweler to IVatch: Howard Tapper Timely Location: Tapper's, West Bloomfield Timepiece: Bedat No. 7. Timeline: The watch of choice for me is the Bedat No. 7. This simple, yet elegant watch is classic in its design with a Roman numeral dial and flexible bracelet. It's easy and comfortable for me to wear anytime, anywhere. Even though it's understated in design, it draws attention whenever I'm wearing it. Jeweler to Watch: Jason Greisdor...…
…Jeweler to Watch: Lenny Khankin Timely Location: Universal Watch and jewelry Co., Birmingham Timepiece: Universal Geneve Timeline: This company was established in 1894. It's one of the great houses of Switzerland and the inventor of the two-button chronograph. My watch was introduced for the centennial of the company. It's a stainless automatic, multiple calendar chronograph. It indicates days of the week, month, dated and elapsed time....…
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…PHOTOGRAPHY BY KRISTA HUSA T alk about afternoon delight! It was a milk- and-cookie-lover's fantasy when the Friends of Camp Mak-A-Dream hosted its annu- al Cookies 'N Dreams fund-raiser at the Somerset Collection. Friends of Camp Mak-A-Dream is a non-profit organization that raises funds for a special camp in Montana where children and young adults with cancer share camping experiences. Donations from the Michigan chapter are used to fund c...…
…4. Haley North, 4, of West Bloomfield, watches the festivities with wide-eyed wonder. 5. Megan Rosett of Bloomfield Hills enjoys the event with her sons Chase and Levi. 6. Trajan Heine, 4, of Orchard Lake, hams it up for the camera. 7. Imagination Theatre of Michigan entertained with a Cookies & Dreams stage show. 8. Blooming treats from Cookies by Design. 9. Jacob, Carly and Lindsay Gordon of West Bloomfield make Sandy Candy gourmet pixie st...…
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