Moments

MAZEL TOV!

Liat Hadara Lerner, daughter of Joshua and Sandra Lerner of Huntington Woods, celebrated her bat mitzvah on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020, in the backyard of her home. She was joined by her siblings Arianna and Benny. Liat is the granddaughter of Lorraine Lerner of West Bloomfield, and Horacio and Rosalie Schlaen of Hollywood, Fla. She is also the granddaughter of the late Leonard H. Lerner.

Liat is in seventh grade at Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit in Farmington Hills and a member of Congregation Beth Shalom in Oak Park. Her mitzvah project was assembling and selling mishloach manot to raise money for underprivileged kids and for the HIAS.

Howard-Katz

Dr. Arthur Howard and Linda Slifkin Katz, both formerly from N.J., were married recently in their Wellington, Fla., home. Rabbi Stephen Pinsky officiated. Their Paris honeymoon was canceled due to the COVID pandemic.

Dr. Howard, son of the late Michael and Beatrice Howard, an OB/Gyn, had maintained a practice in both Essex and Morris Counties, N.J., for many years.

Mrs. Howard, daughter of the late Bernard and Lilyan Slifkin, is an RN/geriatric care manager, in her private Palm Beach County practice.

Dorfman 100th

Eleanor Dorfman of Scottsdale, Ariz., formerly of West Bloomfield, celebrated her 100th birthday on Oct. 6, 2020. A planned family celebration in Arizona moved to Zoom, with wishes and kisses from daughter and son-in-law, Gail and Lonny Zimmerman in Michigan; daughter, Karen Tessler with Ronnie Myers in Scottsdale; grandchildren, Daniel Zimmerman and Amanda SacksZimmerman, with great-grandson, Jonah Zimmerman, in New York; granddaughter, Julie Zimmerman in New York; and grandchildren, Samantha Cohen and Bradley Cohen in California. Wishing her happiness and good health and a hearty mazel tov.

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