Within Our Family

Births

Lenore Feder and Michael Altman upon the birth of their daughter, Danielle Aurora (Devorah).

Miriam & Eric Feldstein upon the birth of twin grandsons, born to their children Jennifer & Adam Teitcher. The babies join older sisters Reia and Hallie.

Karen Blatt and Ari Hirt on the birth of a granddaughter to Michael and Elizabeth Hirt.

Debbie & Kenny Rochlin upon the birth of their first grandchild, a grandson, born to their children, Tamara & Zachary Rochlin. Mazal Tov as well to the overjoyed great grandparents, Evelyn Rochlin and Cheryl & Norman Meskin.

Lauren Bochner and Jordan Sheff upon the birth of a baby boy, Harry Lev (Hirsh Lev).

Dr. Chana & Meir Shubowitz upon the birth of twin boys, siblings to big brother Jack. Mazal Tov to the overjoyed grandparents, Joan & Dr. Alan Weinstock and Beth & Robert Shubowitz.

Shira & Larry Baruch and Joyce & Daniel Straus upon the birth of a granddaughter, Tali Margaret (Tali Malka), born to their children, Julia and David Baruch.

Rozy Weitzner upon the birth of her great-granddaughter, Zahava Bracha, born to Avital and Zak Comet, children of Michelle and Mitchell Weitzner.

May these children grow up in the finest tradition of Torah, chupah, & maasim tovim.

Bnei Mitzvah

Lynne and Josh Fishman upon the Bar Mitzvah of their grandson, Chase Fishman, son of Adam Fishman of Riverdale.

Bernice and Gilbert Kahn upon the Bar Mitzvah of their grandson, Joshua Archibald, son of Abigail and Benjamin Archibald.

Rachel Oppenheim and family upon the Bat Mitzvah of her granddaughter, Hadar, daughter of Rivka and Yoni Oppenheim. Hadar is a sixth grade student at Manhattan Day School. As part of her Chesed project she donated her hair, (as did Yoni) through Zichron Menachem, to cancer-stricken children. Hadar is also the granddaughter of E. Magnus Oppenheim z”l.

Drs. Phyllis and Mark Speiser upon the Bar Mitzvah of their grandson, Yoav, son of Eva and Eliyahu David Speiser.

Engagements

Rose Gerszberg upon the Chaiki and Ziel Feldman upon the engagement of their daughter, Leila, to Seth Rosenberg, son of Lewis Rosenberg and the late Dr. Fran Steinberg of Winnipeg, Canada.

Helen Freilich and Jimmy Haber upon their engagement.

Lisa & Nathan Low upon the upcoming marriage of their son, Gabriel, to Brook Damaghi, daughter of Bobby & Nazy Damaghi of Great Neck.

May their weddings take place in happiness and blessing.

Marriages

Jessica and David Feldan upon the marriage of their son, Daniel to Shayna Herszage, daughter of Dotan and Shari Herszage of Columbus, Ohio.

Elizabeth Wallach Mintz and Victor Mintz upon the engagement of their daughter, Orly, to Jeremy Shechter, son of Amanda and Judah Shechter of East Brunswick, NJ.

Phyllis and Jonathan Wagner, in honor of the wedding of their daughter, Anna Wagner, to Elisha Galler, son of Julie and Dr. Ezra Galler of Sharon, Massachusetts.

May the newlywed couples be blessed to build homes faithful to the traditions of the Jewish people.

Milestones

Lynne and Josh Fishman upon the celebration of their 50th wedding anniversary.

Communal News And Honors

Stephanie Knepper Basman upon being honored at the annual Shaare Zedek Medical Center Women’s Health Day Luncheon, on Tuesday, May 2.

Jane & Ishaia Gol upon being Guests of Honor at Shalva’s 33rd Anniversary Gala (“Reach for the Stars”) on March 2.

Jamie Lassner and his Chesed organization “Accessibility Accelerator“ upon receiving a Silver Anthem Award in the area of Human and Civil Rights for its efforts to evacuate, triage, house, resettle and provide humanitarian aid to thousands of Ukrainian refugees as well as and award at the United Nation’s Zero Project Conference in Vienna, for excellence and dedication in connection with their evacuation and rehousing efforts on behalf of Ukrainian refugees with disabilities. Philip Schatten upon being honored at The Jewish Education Project’s Spring Event on Wednesday, May 17, for helping shepherd the agency through many fundamental periods of transition and growth.

Condolences

Henchy Balsam upon the passing of her grandmother, Charna Enden.

Sheila Ebrahimzadeh upon the passing of her father, Massoud Hassid.

Dr. Howard Eisenstein upon the passing of his mother, Hinda Nina Eisenstein.

Cheryl Halpern upon the passing of her mother, Estelle Feldman, and to KJ members Yonina Gomberg, Alexander Halpern, and Maeira Werthenschlag upon the passing of their grandmother.

Ruth Lukashok and Jay Zwiebel, longstanding KJ High Holy Day shaliach tzibur, upon the passing of Ruth’s brother and Jay’s father, David J. Zwiebel.

Deborah Moskowitz upon the passing of her father, Seymour Lichtenstein.

May they be comforted among all those who mourn for Zion and Jerusalem.