Celebrations

Lori and Charles Siegel of Kansas City, Missouri, announce the engagement of their daughter, Julia Rose Siegel, to David Matthew Nielsen, son of Lesley Nielsen and Carl Nielsen of London, England.
The bride-to-be is the granddaughter of the late Stanley and Ruthine Simon of Kansas City, and the late Ada and David Siegel of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She attended Park Hill South for high school, Machon Maayan and Yeshiva University for college, and JTS Davidson School of Jewish Education for her MA. Julia has a master’s in experiential Jewish education and works in the Jewish nonprofit field.
The future groom is the grandson of the late Peter and Sonia Packer and Nancy Nielsen and the late Dennis Nielsen. He attended the University of Birmingham where he received a BSc psychology. He spent time in Ohr Somayach Yeshiva in Jerusalem and also works in the Jewish nonprofit field, currently serving as the director of development for Aish UK in London.
David proposed in March 2018, in front of a sunset on a beach in Naples, Florida. Julia and David plan to spend the summer in New York, and then move to London in late July. An August 2018 wedding is scheduled in London, England.

Cynthia Wendt and Steven Fehr of Leawood announce the engagement of their daughter, Caroline Eleanor Fehr, to Andrew Nemec Bort, son of Linda Nemec and Christopher Bort of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Caroline is the granddaughter of Irene Fehr and the late Louis Fehr of Overland Park and Betty Wendt and the late Charles and Maxine Wendt of Houstonia and Sedalia, Missouri.
Andrew is the grandson of Jean Bort and the late Albert Bort of Bethesda, Maryland, and Gladys Nemec and the late William Nemec of New Sewickley Township, Pennsylvania.
Caroline and Andrew are both graduates of Washington University in St. Louis. Caroline earned her Juris Doctor degree from the Georgetown University Law Center. The couple live in the District of Columbia, where Caroline is an attorney at a nonprofit law firm and Andrew is a software developer at the Washington Post.
Caroline and Andrew will be married in September in Kansas City.

Gabrielle “Gabs” Baker, daughter of Janet and Bruce Baker and granddaughter of the late Ruth and Harry Baker, received her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law on May 19, 2018. Gabs graduated from Blue Valley North High School in 2010 and from the University of Kansas with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish in May 2013. After working in Denver as a bilingual human relations specialist with Saunders Construction Company for a year, Gabs made the decision to return home to take her LSAT and apply to law school. She will remain in Colorado and take the state bar exam at the end of July and then start her employment with Colorado’s Office of the State Public Defender this fall.

Renée Polsky Silver and Larry Silver announce the birth March 17 of a daughter, Elaine (Lainey) Ruth Silver. Nathan Silver.
Grandparents are Ellen and Larry Polsky of Leawood, Kansas; Sarene Silver and Jack Jagoda of Golden Valley, Minnesota; and Ken Silver and Teresa Roguski of Eagen, Minnesota.

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.

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.