LIFECYCLES Sussman-Prince Janis and Philip Sussman of Richmond are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Robin Sussman, to Avi Prince, son of Suzanne and Dr. David Prince of Teaneck, N.J. Robin graduated from Harvard University, where she earned a doctorate in chemistry. She works for the bio-pharmaceutical company Biogen in the Boston area. Avi is a graduate of the University of Maryland, where he earned a bachelor of science in computer engineering. He is employed by Microsoft as a software engineer in Cambridge, Mass. Robin is the granddaughter of the late Mildred and Leo Fox, and the late Sylvia and Rudolph Lehman, and the late Meyer Sussman. Avi is the grandson of Sheila and Dr. Jack Prince of Boca Raton, Fla., and the late Marilyn Prince and the late Vivian and Robert Freund. Sharing in the couple’s happiness are Robin’s sister, Margo Sussman-Ramp, her brother, Jack Sussman, and Avi’s sister, Leora Prince-Shamouilian, and brother, Eitan Prince. The couple met at the Harvard Hillel and currently lives in the Cambridge area. The couple is planning a November 2015 wedding in New York.
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Luncheon Beth Abraham is Dayton’s only Conservative synagogue, affiliated with the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism.
We an enthusiastically For are a complete schedule of egalitarian our events, synagogue. go to bethabrahamdayton.org. We also have an energetic Keruv program that reaches out to intermarried couples and families in our synagogue and in the Dayton Jewish community. For a complete schedule of our events, go to bethabrahamdayton.org.
Beth Abraham is Dayton’s only Conservative synagogue, affiliated with the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism.
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Sophie Ilene Skolnick Sophie Ilene Skolnick, daughter of Larry Skolnick, will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah on Oct. 24 at Temple Israel in Memphis, Tenn. To mark this occasion, Sophie will conduct the worship and Torah services, read from the Torah, chant her Haftorah and deliver a Bat Mitzvah message to the congregation. Sophie is a seventh grader at Hutchison School and is a Duke TIP Scholar. She is passionate about dance, and studies both advanced ballet and pointe at the Markell School of Dance in Memphis. Sophie spends her summers at Camp Sabra in Missouri. For her Bat Mitzvah project, Sophie has been working with young dancers, ages 3 to 7, and volunteered her time as an assistant dance instructor for the past six months. Sophie is the granddaughter of Arlene and Dr. Judah Skolnick of Louisville, Ky.
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Matt Arnovitz
Penney Fraim
Marlene Pinsky
Ralph Williams
Sunday, November 8, noon Honoring Matt Arnovitz, Penney Fraim, Marlene Pinsky and Ralph Williams for their years of dedicated service to Beth Abraham Synagogue. The community is invited.
Charlie, Rebecca, and Laila Blumer qualified for the Ohio State Fair with their 4-H projects. Charlie completed projects on beekeeping, American foods, and laundry; Rebecca worked on Growing With Others; and Laila was
Rachael and Jan Siegelman of Atlanta. Temima arrived 10 days after the Blum’s 60th wedding anniversary.
Dayton Children’s Hospital will host Taking Control: Managing IBD Decisions, a program of Dersu Jay Goorskey the Southwest Chapter of the Dersu Jay Goorskey, son of Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation, Chao and David Goorskey, will on Thursday, Oct. 15 from 6 be called to the Torah on Oct. to 8 p.m. Specialists for the Rachel 10 as a Bar Mitzvah at Beth free, informational panel will Haug Gilbert include Dr. Kelly Sandberg of Abraham Synagogue. Dersu is a seventh-grade student at Watts Dayton Children’s Hospital, Middle School in Centerville, Dr. Michael W. Gorsky of where he participates in Science involved with Fun With Clothes Dayton Gastroenterology, and and Growing On My Own. Olympiad. He has a good ear Dr. Anjali Morey of Digestive for music and has been learning Their parents are Jeff and Specialists. Crohn’s and Colitis Molly Blumer. violin since he was 5 years old. are prevalent in Jews of Eastern He is starting his second year European Ashkenazi descent. Connie and Stanley Blum as a member of the Dayton To register, call 513-772-3550. are delighted to announce Philharmonic Youth String Ensemble. In his spare time, he the arrival on Aug. 24 of Send your Kvelling items to their first great-grandchild, is often found reading a book, kvellingcorner@gmail.com or to Temima Lebovic, born to their drawing cartoons, making Rachel Haug Gilbert, The Dayton granddaughter Rina and her stop-motion Lego animations, husband, Mickey, in Baltimore. Jewish Observer, 525 Versailles computer programming, or Drive, Centerville, OH 45459. Maternal grandparents are doing an electronics project. THE DAYTON JEWISH OBSERVER • OCTOBER 2015
We are an enthusiastically egalitarian synagogue.
We also have an energetic Keruv program that reaches out to intermarried
Deena Raquel Green Deena Raquel Green, daughter of Esther and Jeff Green, will be called to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah on Oct. 10 at Temple Israel. She is the sister of Adam Green and granddaughter of Sylvia and the late David Singer of Toronto, and the late Glenna and Lowell Green of Enon. Deena is in seventh grade at McKinney Middle School in Yellow Springs. She plays club soccer, basketball, and softball, and is the only girl in her recreational baseball league. Awards include MLK Peacekeeper of the Year, and a highly-competitive calendar art contest open to all Dayton area schools. Deena’s hobbies are piano and fiber arts including weaving, sewing and knitting. For her mitzvah project, Deena knit and crocheted more than 50 hats for babies in neonatal care.
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Robeson-Horwitz Jon and Beverly Horwitz are pleased to announce the engagement of their son, Brian, to Deena Robeson of Chicago. Deena is a 2010 graduate of the University of WisconsinMadison, and is employed as an account manager with Newco Media in Chicago. She is the daughter of Menucha and Nosson Robeson of West Rogers Park, Chicago. Brian, a 2010 graduate of Miami University in Oxford, is a senior account executive with Career Builder LLC in Chicago. His paternal grandparents are Charlotte Vangrov Horwitz and the late Dr. Alan Horwitz of Dayton. Maternal grandparents are the late Fannie and Richard Nierenberg of Dayton and Sarasota, Fla. The couple is planning to be married in Chicago in October 2016.