Celebrations

Garett Samuel Van Buskirk, son of Melisa and Joseph Van Buskirk, will become a bar mitzvah on Saturday, Jan. 20, at Congregation Beth Shalom.

Andrew Cotlar and David Gomez were married on Nov. 11, 2023, on a cabaret stage at the Quality Hill Playhouse in Kansas City, Missouri.

Seth DeWitt Franke, son of Allison DeWitt (pictured above with Seth) and Michael Franke, has graduated Magna Cum Laude from the Missouri University of Science and Technology with a degree in computer information technology. 

Zoey Rose Goldstein, daughter of Erich and Halley Goldstein, will become a bat mitzvah on Saturday, Jan. 13, at 10:30 a.m. at The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah.

Chana Liba Mandelbaum, daughter of Rabbi Reuben and Nechama Mandelbaum of Jerusalem, Israel, was born on Dec. 5.

Natalie Luna Sher, daughter of Stephen and Rachel Sher of Lenexa, Kansas, was born on Nov. 2.

Linzi Michelle Oppenheimer and Jacob Austin Brown of Hurst, Texas, announce their engagement.

Mackenzie Sales, daughter of Jennifer Savage Sales and Adam Sales, will become a bat mitzvah on Saturday, Dec. 16, at The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah. 

Danielle Heather Freiden, daughter of Jonathan Freiden and Rebecca Dragon-Freiden, will become a bat mitzvah on Saturday, Dec. 9, at The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah.

Sarah Markowitz and Jack Schreiber were married on Friday, Nov. 3, at Hotel Kansas City in Kansas City, Missouri.