Celebrations

Adam Elijah Luetje, son of Susan Bernstein and Chucker Luetje, will become a bar mitzvah on Saturday, May 31, at The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah.

Community member Jack Forman celebrated his 100th birthday on May 12.

Eve Gershkoff Slusky, daughter of Dr. Joanna and Dr. David Slusky, will become a bat mitzvah on Saturday, May 24, at Congregation Beth Israel Abraham and Voliner (BIAV).

Ari Fritz Einstein, son of Rachel and Claude Einstein, will become a bar mitzvah on Saturday, May 17, at The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah.

Haley Philippa Hirsekorn, daughter of Shayna Laiderman and Jacob and Elise Hirsekorn of St. Louis, Missouri, will become a bat mitzvah on Saturday, May 17, at the United Hebrew Congregation in St. Louis.

Mark Howard Burns, son of Jennifer and Jeff Burns, will become a bar mitzvah on Saturday, May 10, at The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah.

Samantha Abigail Burns, daughter of Jennifer and Jeff Burns, will become a bat mitzvah on Saturday, May 10, at The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah.

Lila Alyse Fineman, daughter of Lindsay and Michael Fineman, will become a bat mitzvah on Saturday, May 10, at Congregation Beth Shalom.

Cindy Weiner Garfinkle and Jack Mitchell Garfinkle of Overland Park, Kansas, announce the engagement of their son Noah Weiner Garfinkle to Alisha Dena Deluty, daughter of Evelyn Wortsman Deluty and Marvin Zev Deluty of Queens, New York.

Andi Kahclamat and Brian Edwardson were married on March 23 at the Flunder Lodge on the Lake at the Kansas City Kansas Community College.