Lisa and Jerry Bernard of Overland Park, Kansas, announce the engagement of their daughter Rachel Brittany Bernard of New York City to Gabriel (Gavi) Melech Horwitz, son of Drs. Joel Horwitz and Nancy Isserman Horwitz of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Sara Jean Olson and Mark Joseph Siegel were married Sunday, May 31, at The Nicolette Island Pavilion in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Tamara Gaynes and Maxwell Lemieux were married June 13, 2015, on the beach at Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.
Kathryn (nee Bartholomew) and David Fehr announce the birth of their daughter, Naomi Adair Fehr, on Nov. 5 in Chicago, Illinois.
Sara Ruth Krantz, 62, passed away Dec. 11, 2015, in Ottawa, Kansas. She was born June 20, 1953, to Miriam and Harry Krantz at Menorah Hospital in Kansas City. Sara is survived by her mother: Miriam; siblings: Anne Krantz (Myron Perlman), David Krantz (Lisa Pemstein), Rachel Krantz (Edward Goldstein); nieces and nephews: Sharon and Ellen Makowsky, Isaac and Michael Krantz-Perlman, Maya and Hannah Krantz, and Debbie Sams and family of Ottawa, Kansas.
Mirra Klausner and Todd Clauer announce the Bat Mitzvah of their daughter, Anna, on Saturday, Dec. 12, at Congregation Beth Shalom.
Jacob Elyachar, chief content producer-writer of jakes-take.com, has received a top designation in the national Small Business Influencer Awards. Elyachar was named a 2015 “Community Choice” honoree. The title is given to select award candidates who received outstanding community support of their nomination and has accomplished major achievements in their chosen field. Elyachar was nominated in the “Journalist” category.
Judy Sherry, the founder and president of Missouri-Kansas Grandparents Against Gun Violence (GAGV), has been named to a new 18-member anti-violence task force created by Kansas City, Missouri Mayor Sly James.
Marcelle and Jonathan Rudnick announce the Bat Mitzvah of their daughter, Shir-el Rudnick, at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 28, at Congregation Ohev Sholom.
John and Beth O’Bryan announce the Bat Mitzvah of their daughter, Sarah Grace O’Bryan, at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 28, at The New Reform Temple.
