Celebrations

Logan McNay, son of Dawn Gale and Doug McNay, will become a bar mitzvah on Saturday, Aug. 12, at Congregation Beth Shalom.

Lily Payne, daughter of Laura and Elliot Payne, will become a bat mitzvah on Saturday, Aug. 19, at The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah. 

Leiba and Ken Levine of St. Louis, Missouri, announce the engagement of their daughter, Rebecca (Becca) Gabrielle Levine, to Ryan Michael Graham, son of Shelly and Steve Graham of Overland Park, Kansas. 

Lacey Pinnick, daughter of Kristi and Neil Pinnick, will become a bat mitzvah on Saturday, August 5, at The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah. 

Benjamin Baellow retired from 20 years of service in the United States Armed Forces on July 15. 

Ellen and Paul Schifman announce the engagement of their son, Benjamin Schifman, to Aleksandra "Sasha" Vidisheva, daughter of Janna Warren of Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Asher Manning Steinberg, son of Adryan and Brian Steinberg, will become a bar mitzvah on Saturday, June 17, at Congregation Beth Shalom. 

Sadie Elizabeth Hochler, daughter of Julie and Kory Hochler, will become a bat mitzvah on Saturday, June 24, at The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah.

Nathan Stowe, son of Genna and Andrew Stowe, will become a bar mitzvah on Saturday, June 10, 2023, at The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah.

Sarah Beatrice Unowsky, daughter of Keri Goldstein Unowsky and Daniel Unowsky of Memphis, Tennessee, and granddaughter of Elliott and Linda Goldstein and the late Sandra Weisberger Goldstein, graduated with honors from the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York, with degrees in psychology and gender and women’s studies.