Joseph Whiting, son of Sara and Timothy Whiting of Ridgewood, celebrated becoming a bar mitzvah on Feb. 4 at Temple Beth Or in Washington Township.

Sofia Levinson, daughter of Sara and Joshua Levinson of Tenafly and sister of Maya and Isaac, celebrated becoming a bat mitzvah on Feb. 4 at Temple Emanu-El in Closter.

Ryan Lieman, son of Julie and Ira Lieman of Fair Lawn and brother of Jordan and Aimee, celebrated becoming a bar mitzvah on Feb. 4 at the Fair Lawn Jewish Center/Congregation B’nai Israel.

Julia Lawrence, daughter of Jill and Jeffrey Lawrence of Old Tappan, celebrated becoming a bat mitzvah on Feb. 4 at Temple Beth El of Northern Valley in Closter.

Max Abraham Seligsohn was born on Jan. 12 at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City to Daniella and Daniel Seligsohn of Manhattan. He weighed 6 pounds, 10 ounces. His grandparents are Sandy and Jerry Seligsohn of Scarsdale, N.Y., and Ruby and Bobby Kaplan of Teaneck.

Rebecca Bonifacio, daughter of Melissa and Mark Bonifacio of Northvale, celebrated becoming a bat mitzvah on Feb. 4 at Temple Beth El of Northern Valley in Closter.

Mazal tov to Judie Biondi of Norwood, a member of the wait staff at the Jewish Home Assisted Living in River Vale, who is Employee of the Quarter for October through December. She has worked at JHAL since June 2007.

Miriam Spitz, daughter of Sandra and Henry Spitz of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Tommer Kahan, son of Adi Kahan and Rina Kahan, both of Herzilya, Israel, are engaged. Miriam’s grandmother is centenarian Mildred Spitz, a longtime resident of Teaneck and member of the Jewish Center of Teaneck.

The future bride received a bachelor’s degree in international relations from the University of Cincinnati and a master’s in international business from Webster University Regent’s College in London. She made aliyah in 2007 and has been working in Tel Aviv as a marketing communications manager for international pharmaceutical companies. The future groom, born in Herzliya, graduated from law school and was a lawyer in the communications industry. He is working toward a master’s degree in marketing.

The couple will be living in Ramat Aviv and plan a spring wedding reception in Cincinnati and a summer wedding in Tel Aviv.