Celebrations

Rivkah Natanya Katz Hjelmaas, daughter of Hannah Katz and Jacob Hjelmaas of Overland Park, Kansas, was born on April 24.

Joey Corral, son of Jaime and Jon Corral, will become a bar mitzvah on Saturday, June 6, at The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah.

Gracie Goldman and Ariel Palan recently signed on to become NCAA Division 1 athletes at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Jackie and Fred Strauss of Buffalo Grove, Illinois, (formerly of the Kansas City area) celebrated their 62nd anniversary on May 2.

Shira Bernard and Derek Jobst were married on March 8 at the Hacienda Del Sol Resort in Tucson, Arizona. Alan Edelman officiated at the wedding.

Drs. Stephanie Heimler and Benjamin Bernard were married on Aug. 31, 2025, at Paradise Point in Mission Bay, San Diego, California.

Sylvia Fehr Abrams Soule turned 100 years old on April 20.

Hudson Reed Einstein, son of Rachel and Claude Einstein, will become a bar mitzvah on Saturday, May 2, at The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah.

Olivia Mae Ross, daughter of Ashley and Nathan Ross, will become a bat mitzvah on Saturday, May 2, at Congregation Beth Shalom.

Renana and Michael Abrams of Overland Park, Kansas, announce the engagement of their daughter, Moriah Abrams, to Maxwell Sandler, son of Stacy and Noah Sandler of San Francisco, California.