Celebrations

Lawrence and Ruth Bigus announce the engagement of their daughter, Elizabeth Kate Bigus, to Brett Oliver Dumas, son of Oliver and Sharon Dumas.

Whitney Klein and Michael Falcon will be married on Saturday, May 27, 2023, in Kansas City, Missouri. 

Gavriel Tzvi Nielsen, son of Julia (Siegel) Nielsen and David Nielsen of London, England, was born on March 13, 2023. 

Julia Reese Goldstein, daughter of Tamara and Brian Goldstein, will become a bat mitzvah on Saturday, May 13, 2023, at The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah.

Ellen and Paul Schifman announce the engagement of their son, Eli Schifman, to Xochitl Smola, daughter of Xochitl Wagoner of El Paso, Texas.

Kyra Rose Nussbaum, daughter of Corey and Jered Nussbaum, will become a bat mitzvah on Saturday, May 13, 2023.

Eliane Isabella Aptilon, daughter of Alejandro and Sarah Aptilon, will become a bat mitzvah on Sunday, May 7, 2023, at The Lodge at Ironwoods in Leawood.

Ellen and Paul Schifman of Scottsdale, Arizona, announce the engagement of their son, Samuel Schifman, to Marissa Berggrun, daughter of Michelle Berggrun Daunch and stepfather Timothy Daunch of Moreland Hills, Ohio, and Adam Berggrun. 

Jeremiah Asher Wajcman, son of Shira Wajcman and the late Michael Wajcman (z"l), will become a bar mitzvah on Saturday, April 15, 2023, at the Sheraton Overland Park Hotel. The family are members of Congregation Beth Shalom.

Ben Ravis, son of Scott and Tali Ravis, will become a bar mitzvah on April 22, 2023, at The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah.