Milestones
Selma Hyams Poland celebrated her 100th birthday on March 2. She was joined that day at home in Alameda and on a Zoom call with family and friends from California, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Florida, Hawaii and Ramat Beit Shemesh, Israel. She also celebrated at a special Kiddush lunch at Chabad of Alameda on Shabbat.
Selma Hyams was born in New York on March 2, 1925, to Max Hyams and Sarah Levinson Hyams. She married Jacob Poland in 1948 and raised her two sons in Brooklyn. She enjoyed many years in New York and since 1998 in San Francisco and Alameda. Selma is the proud mother of Yehuda Ben-Israel (Rona Rothenberg) and Menachem Poland (Ann), grandmother of Sarah and David Ben-Israel (Jamie Rosen) and Jeremy (Svetlana Sobel), Alan and Eliot (Stacey) Poland, and great-grandmother of nine children between ages 2 and 17. Mazel tov! Until 120!
B’nai Mitzvah
Ariana Frances Friedkin Bennett
Daughter of Ilana Friedkin and Reed Bennett, granddaughter of Miriam and Gerald Friedkin z”l of Piedmont and Joni Eisen and Chuck Bennett of San Francisco, Saturday, March 22, at Beth Jacob Congregation in Oakland.
Ben Gitter
Son of Hilary and Josh Gitter, Saturday, March 22, at Temple Sinai in Oakland.
Naomi Jain
Daughter of Hayuta and Maheesh Jain, Saturday, March 22, at Beth Chaim Congregation in Danville.
Raisa Lasky
Daughter of Michelle Fang and Jeremy Lasky, Saturday, March 22, at Temple Isaiah in Lafayette.
Bryson David Underwood
Son of Elaina Michalski and Greg Underwood, Saturday, March 22, at Congregation Beth Shalom in Napa.
Danya Schorr
Daughter of Michelle and David Schorr, Saturday, March 29, at Temple Sinai in Oakland.