Emily and Alec Weisberg announce the birth Nov. 7, 2016, of a son, Joseph Andrew Weisberg. They are also the parents of Daniel, Nathan and Benjamin Weisberg.
Judaism is a faith that puts as much emphasis on study as it does on prayer, and in doing so encourages each person’s religious path to be a complex, personal and lifelong journey.
Stefanie Autumn Shemitz will become a Bat Mitzvah at 10 a.m. Monday, Dec. 19, in Jerusalem, Israel. Autumn is the daughter of Flora Winitz and the late Peter Shemitz.
Lara Michelle Portnoy and Isaac “Zak” Weigensberg were married Sunday, Sept. 4, at Gezer Park, Leawood, by Rabbi Herbet Mandl and Rabbi Jeffrey Shron of Kehilath Israel Synagogue.
Adrienne Wormser Balagur will turn 100 on Dec. 12. She is mother to Richard Balagur (and Dottie Anderson) of Theford, Vermont, Linda Zappulla of Kansas City, Missouri, Carol Balagur of Huntington Woods, Michigan, and Ken Balagur (and Kim Reitz) of West Chester, Pennsylvania. She is also grandmother to Matt Zappulla of Golden, Colorado, and Annie Balagur of Berkeley, California.
Richard and Alix Jacobson announce the Bar Mitzvah of their son, Jackson Abraham Jacobson, at 9 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 10, at Kehilath Israel Synagogue in the Maurice D Solomon Sanctuary.
