Adrian and Jennifer Salazar of Danville, Pennsylvania, announce the birth Jan. 2 of a daughter, Eliana Rose Salazar. They are also the parents of Noah Scott Salazar.
Grandparents are Ellen and Larry Polsky of Leawood, Kansas, and Roy and Odelia Salazar of Richardson, Texas. The great-grandmother is Virginia Salazar of Richardson.
David and Rachel Sosland announce the Bar Mitzvah of their son, Ethan Samuel, at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 30, at the Intercontinental Hotel, Kansas City.
Ethan is the grandson of Neil and Blanche Sosland and Stuart and Sharon Pase. He is the great grandson of Gertrude Epstein. Ethan’s siblings are Gabrielle, Jake and Juliet Sosland. Ethan attends the Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy. His hobbies include playing baseball and soccer, hanging out with his friends and family, movies and traveling. Ethan’s mitzvah project is with the Kansas City MLB Urban Youth Academy.
Relatives and friends are invited to worship with the family and to attend the Kiddush luncheon following the service.
The APA Division 39 Awards Committee has selected Marilyn Metzl, Ph.D., to receive the APA Division 39 2019 Founders Award. The award will be presented at the annual spring meeting in Philadelphia next April.
This award honors an individual who has dedicated herself to the advancement of psychoanalysis and has made enduring contributions to psychoanalytic psychology and/or psychoanalysis influencing generations of psychoanalytic psychologists through research, scholarship, practice, supervision, and/or mentoring.
Dr. Karen Kaufman and Jon Brandon announce the Bar Mitzvah of their son, Alexander Joseph Brandon. He became a Bar Mitzvah May 5, 2018, where he lives in Boulder, Colorado.
Alex is the grandson of Dr. Andrew and Lynn Kaufman of Mission Hills, and Carol and Arthur Brandon of Scottsdale, Arizona.
Alex has just completed eighth grade at Louisville Middle School in Louisville, Colorado. He participates in the organization Judaism Your Way and will be spending his second summer at Camp Beber, a B’nai Brith Camp in Wisconsin. He plays soccer and enjoys skiing in the winter and hiking in the summer.
Alex volunteers at a local assisted living home, and participates in a peer mentoring group where he helps his fellow students who have physical and mental differences accomplish their goals.
Janet Kaufman and Rabbi Dan Fink announce their son, Jonah Kaufman, became a Bar Mitzvah June 2 at Congregation Ahavath Beth Israel in Boise, Idaho.
Jonah is the grandson of Dr. Andrew and Lynn Kaufman of Mission Hills.
Jonah has grown up in Salt Lake City and Boise. He loves piano and gymnastics and plays French horn in his school band. For a mitzvah project this year, he is playing piano concerts, monthly, for residents at a memory care center. While studying for his Bar Mitzvah, he has also been helping to teach an adult trope class at his synagogue.
Leah and Lenny Bassin of Mission, Kansas, announce the engagement of their daughter, Rabbi Sarah Bassin, to Jordan Reimer, son of Pessi and Asher Reimer of Hollis, New York. The future bride and groom reside in Los Angeles, California.
The bride-to-be was ordained from HUC-JIR in Los Angeles. She served as the first executive director of New Ground: A Muslim-Jewish Partnership. She presently serves as the associate rabbi of Temple Emanuel in Beverly Hills, California.
The future groom earned a Bachelor of Arts and an MPA from Princeton University in politics and international affairs. He is a policy analyst at the RAND Corporation, focusing on national security and the Middle East conflict.
A late summer wedding is planned.
Molly Rissien and Nathaniel Rischall were married Sunday, Jan. 14, at Kehilath Israel Synagogue.
The bride is the daughter of Aaron and Shelley Rissien and the granddaughter of Tibby Rissien and the late Samuel Rissien and the late Meyer Stein and Bessie Stein Fish.
The groom is the son of Morton and Elizabette Rischall and the grandson of Youssef and Mehri Amrami and the late Maurice and Ruth Rischall.
The matron of honor was Rebecca Speier, Overland Park. Jacob Rischall, Skokie, Illinois, was the best man.
Bridal attendants were Samantha Behboudikha, Los Angeles; Leah Rischall, Chicago; Brittany Silberman Rissien, Chicago; Miriam Bovit, Chicago; Victoria Bursak, Chicago; Adina Yodler, Overland Park; and Anabella Zighelboim, Chicago.
Groom’s attendants were Pejman Behboudik, Los Angeles; Matthew Rissien, Chicago; Jason Speier, Overland Park; Eli Schwartz, Chicago; Bentzy Neiman, Chicago; Adam Soleymani, Chicago; and Ezra Soleymani, Chicago.
Derek and Cameron Speier served as ushers. Flower girls were Maayon, Matal and Malka Kohanchi and Emilia Garfinkel; ring bearers were Moshe Behboudikha and Samuel Katz.
The couple lives in West Rogers Park, Illinois.
Lori and Mitchell Gold announce the Bat Mitzvah of their daughter, Abby Ilana Gold, at 9 a.m. Saturday, June 16, at Kehilath Israel Synagogue.
Abby is the granddaughter of Idie and Herb Parmet of Leawood, Kansas, and Mindy and the late Stuart Gold, of La Jolla, California.
Relatives and friends are invited to worship with the family and to attend the Kiddush luncheon following the service.
Leia Molly Karty will become a Bat Mitzvah on June 9 at Congregation Beth Shalom.
Leia is the daughter of David and Stacey Karty. She is the granddaughter of Linda Weinberg-Hammer and Allan Hammer of Overland Park, and Karen Karty of St. Louis. Her siblings are Farrah and Micah Karty.
She attends California Trail Middle School in Olathe. Leia is on both the California Trail Gold Dusters and Leigh’s School of Dance competition teams. She enjoys sewing, cooking, maintains a 4.0 GPA and hopes to become an attorney.
Her mitzvah project involves helping dancers with special needs and collecting gently used dancewear and shoes for studios in need.
Please join with her friends and family for the celebration.
Rabbi Neal Schuster and Tamara Lawson Schuster announce the celebration of their son, Judah, becoming a Bar Mitzvah at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, June 9, at The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah. Relatives and friends are invited to worship with the family and to attend the Kiddush luncheon following the service.
Judah is the grandson of Nancy Lawson of La Jolla, California, and the late Steven Lawson; and Arlene Schuster of Bellevue, Washington, and the late Joseph Schuster.
Judah is a rising eighth-grade student at Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy. He enjoys playing basketball and soccer. Judah attends URJ Camp Kalsman, attends B’nai Jehudah’s Kesher program and participates in NFTY JYG. For his mitzvah project, Judah is gathering new sports/athletic shoes for children who attend Operation Breakthrough programs.
