Celebrations

The Urban League of Greater Kansas City honored U.S. District Judge Howard F. Sachs as one of its Difference Maker award winners on Dec. 1, 2016.

Leland Shurin, managing partner of the Kansas City-based law firm Shaffer Lombardo Shurin, has been elected by his fellow commissioners as president of the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners. Leland and his wife, Jill Ronai Shurin, are members of the New Reform Temple.

Josh Campbell recently graduated with a master’s degree in art business from Sotheby’s Institute of Art —New York City.

Marla and Gideon Stein announce the Bat Mitzvah of their daughter, Yael Dorit, in Jerusalem.

Andy and Zelda Reiz will celebrate their 70th anniversary on Dec. 29.

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.

Sheri and Brian Bell announce the Bat Mitzvah of their daughter, Madeline Olivia, at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 17, at Congregation Beth Shalom.

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.