Andrew Douglas Stolz was born on June 17 at St. Barnabas Hospital in Livingston to Jennie and Marc Stolz of Livingston. He weighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces, and was 19 inches long. He joins a brother, Benjamin “Ben,” 2. Their grandparents are Fran and Rich Rotman of Mount Laurel and Ruth and Joe Stolz of Paramus. The great-grandparents are Diana and Harlan Greenberg of Mount Laurel, Sydney and the late Ida Rotman of Revere, Mass., the late Helen and Rolf Feder of Teaneck, and the late Mollie and Morris Stolz of Jersey City.

Mazal tov to Temple Beth Rishon of Wyckoff’s 13 Florence Melton Adult Mini-School graduates, Stacey Frenkel, Warren Kaufman, Evelyn Meier, Gail and Mark Niederman, Judy Opper, Sharon Rubin, Ruth and Len Stern, Cyrile Wilson, Lydia and Jack Zakim, and Ian Zimmerman, pictured with Cantor Ilan Mamber, front, second from left. A ceremony was held on June 9. The Melton School, a project of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, includes study about Jewish history, laws, beliefs, practices, and ideas. The next session will begin on Oct. 11 at Temple Beth Rishon.

Jacob Asher Frankel was born on July 12 to Maria and Aaron Frankel. He weighed 7 pounds, 5 ounces, and was 20 inches long. Jacob Asher, who joins a brother, Ethan, is named for his maternal great-grandfather and paternal great-great-grandfather. His grandparents are Raisa and Isaac Fox, and Etta and Martin Frankel.

Scarlett Eva Geller was born on May 5 to Melissa and Dr. Ari Geller of West Hartford, Conn. She joins a sister, Alivia. Their grandparents are Bergenfield residents Gwen and Martin Dubno, pictured holding his sixth grandchild, Scarlett.

Mazal tov to Ruchie Zema of Spring Valley, N.Y., Gabriel Fineberg of Teaneck, and Jessica Oppenheimer of Leonia, members of the Frisch School’s class of 2010, among 37 students from seven schools selected as Tikvah Scholars.

The Frisch students won three of the seven Tikvah Fund’s scholars awards. Ruchie Zema received the program’s top award, a $10,000 scholarship, for her research paper “Dangling by the Grips of Death: An Insight into Terminal Illness.” Honorable mention went to Gabriel Fineberg for her paper “Jewish Autonomy in the Modern World: Democratic Government after Millennia of Subjugation,” and to Jessica Oppenheimer for “The Deity Imprint: Of Physiology and Faith — A Dissertation on the Neurobiology of Individual Religious Faith.”

Participants prepared a final project in the spring that explored an enduring human question informed by Jewish tradition. The projects were presented at a final conference and a panel of leading Jewish academics, public intellectuals, and community leaders, selected the award-winners.

Frisch faculty members Rachel Besser and Rabbi Nir Knoll led a year-long seminar at school for the participants. The intensive academic course of study included lectures, independent study, cultural experiences, and semi-weekly seminars in the Jewish humanities. In addition, the scholars attended special Tikvah retreats across North America where they had opportunities for one-on-one mentoring with pre-eminent Jewish thinkers and leaders.

Mazal tov to Cantor Kerith Spencer-Shapiro of Cong. Adas Emuno in Leonia, who was named vice president, member relations and external partnerships for the American Conference of Cantors.

Blake Ellen Cohen, daughter of Ilene and Paul Cohen of Englewood Cliffs and sister of Reid, became a bat mitzvah on June 5 at Cong. Gesher Shalom/JCC of Fort Lee. Her grandparents are Emma and the late Raphael Schlossman of Riverdale, N.Y., and Arlene and Irving Cohen of Fort Lee. Dolly Hirsch of Deltona, Fla., is her great-grandmother.

Mazal tov to Robert P. Nahum, CPA, CFP, and owner of the accounting firm Robert P. Nahum PC, who received the Excellence in Community Service award from Spectrum for Living in River Vale, a nonprofit organization founded in 1983 offering social, educational, medical, and advocacy support to adults with physical and developmental disabilities. Nahum has served on the board for 25 years, making him the longest serving board member. He is now the organization’s treasurer. A West Orange resident, he is active in professional organizations and in the community. He is also the son of Gloria and Albert Nahum of Paramus, charter members of the Jewish Community Center of Paramus, where he became a bar mitzvah and married his wife, Robbi. The couple has two children, Jenny, 25, and Danny, 22.