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April 6 • 2017 47 jn moments Berkove FEB. 17 Dan and Ayelet (Tzuriel) Berkove of Givat Shmuel, Israel, are absolutely delighted to announce the birth of their daugh- ter, Shira Miriam. She was enthusiastically welcomed home by her big brothers, Yehuda Shiloh, Gilad Tzvi, Yair Pinchas and Noam David. Thrilled are grandparents Gail and Larry Berkove of Southfield, and Levana and Yaakov Tzuriel of Elkanah, Israel. Sharing their joy is great-grandmother Natalie Feldman of Chicago. Berger Victor Zachary Berger, son of Deborah and Michael Berger, will become a bar mitzvah at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield on Saturday, April 8. Joining in his celebration will be his siblings Samantha and Jeremy and proud grandparents Ellie and Tom Slovis, and Phyllis and Stanley Berger. Victor is the great- grandchild of the late Rose and Ruben Slovis, the late Adele and Saul Berger, the late Vicki and Seymour Wimpfheimer, and the late Janet and Joseph Liebman. Victor is a student at Cranbrook Kingswood Boys' Middle School in Bloomfield Hills. Among his many mitzvah projects, he found it most meaning ful to raise funds for North Star Reach Camp, which offers free life-changing camp experiences for children with seri- ous health challenges. Borenstein Maurice Borenstein, son of Pamela Borenstein and William Borenstein, will lead the congrega- tion in prayer as he becomes a bar mitzvah at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield on Saturday, April 8. Zachary will be joined in cele- bration by his brothers Chandler and Hunter. He is the loving grand- child of Stella Ann and Sam Borenstein, and Mildred and the late John Carberry. Zachary is a student at West Hills Middle School in Bloomfield Hills. Among his many mitzvah projects, he found volunteering with his peers at the Temple Israel Labor Day Picnic to be the most rewarding. Halprin Joshua Benjamin Halprin (Eliezer Chunan) of Bloomfield will become a bar mitzvah on Saturday, April 8, at Temple Shir Shalom in West Bloomfield. He is the son of Brian and Miriam Halprin and the broth- er of Samuel. Joshua's grandpar- ents are Stan and Shirley Halprin, Adele (Gaba) and Oscar Band, and the late Leonard Gaba. Joshua is a student at Bloomfield Hills Middle School. Among his mitzvah projects, he acted as a mentor for his brother's First Lego League team. Rosenfeld Raquel Serah Rosenfeld (Rachel Serah bat Yoel v Blema Necha), daughter of Joel Rosenfeld and Amy Rosenfeld and sis- ter of Zachary and Daniel Rosenfeld, will be called to the Torah as a bat mitzvah at Adat Shalom Synagogue in Farmington Hills on Saturday, April 8. Sharing in her simchah will be grandpar- ents Fred Garon and Bernice Garon. She is also the granddaugh- ter of the late Dr. Jacques Rosenfeld and the late Masal Rosenfeld. Raquel is a seventh-grade stu- dent at Berkshire Middle School in Beverly Hills. For her mitzvah project, she volunteered help- ing seniors at the Fleischman Residence in West Bloomfield. L inda and Rick Cohen of Franklin are excited to announce the engagement of their daughter Meredith Cohen to Rabbi Yoni Dahlen, son of Kermit and Mari Kaptain-Dahlen of Hinton, Iowa. Meredith received her B.S.W. at Michigan State University, her master of social work at University of Michigan and her Juris Doctor from Wayne State University Law School. She practices family law, utilizing various alternative dispute resolution methods such as family mediation and collaborative law. Yoni earned his B.A. from Augustana College in Sioux Falls, S.D., his mas- ter of arts in Jewish philosophy at Brandeis University, Waltham, Mass., and was ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary of New York. He is a rabbi at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield. An intimate Michigan wedding is planned for August 2017. • Cohen-Dahlen V ictoria Cohen and Robert Brode were married recently in Palm Springs, Calif. Igael Gurin-Malous offici- ated. The bride, 30, works as a digi- tal marketing manager for Sony Pictures Entertainment. She graduated from Arizona State University. She is the daughter of Maureen Mayer of Vail, Colo., and Delray Beach, Fla., and Bruce Cohen of Tampa, Fla. Her mother is a medical management consultant and co-owns the MDMC Group with her husband, the bride's stepfather, noted investor relations strategist Austin Wing Mayer. The groom, 36, is an attorney and works as the director of audit and client services at Warner/Chappell Music Inc. He graduated from the University of Michigan and received his J.D. from Tulane University Law School. He is the son of Joan Brode of Huntington Woods and the late Dr. Herbert Brode. His mother is a retired school teacher and dedicated community volunteer. The groom's father was an oral surgeon. The couple plan to honeymoon in Italy and reside in Los Angeles, Calif. • Cohen-Brode Lyon DEC. 10, 2016 Kelly (Brickner) and Zachary Lyon of Portland, Ore., are thrilled to announce the arrival of their daughter, Lake Marlowe. Excited first-time grandparents are Cheryl and Barry Brickner of Farmington Hills, and Kathryn and Charles Lyon of Manawa, Wis. Lake Marlowe is named in loving memory of her paternal great-aunt LaDeane Lyon and her maternal great-grandparents Melvin and Sarabelle Fishman, and Martha Brickner.