My Extravagant Bar Mitzvah Party
It was 16-and-a-half years ago, but I can remember my bar mitzvah like it was yesterday.
My brother and I played guitar on the concluding...
Sprucing Up the Modern Simcha
If the words “kosher catering” conjure up visions of bland and unhealthy food, and memories of bar and bat mitzvahs past still haunt...
Flashback: Jenny Seidman
Although she says most of the details of her 1981 bat mitzvah party are fuzzy, there is one thing that native Baltimorean Jenny Seidman...
Dude, How to Attend a Bar Mitzvah as an Adult
As young people, bar and bat mitzvah parties helped us build character: awkward social interactions, quiet slow dances where you desperately try not to...
Not Your Bubbie’s Bat Mitzvah
It’s no secret that many Jewish organizations dedicate considerable energy and resources to attract new and maintain existing members of all ages. The bar...
Parshah Connects Us
By Allyson Freedman
I may have been first, but I wasn’t the best. Nearly 10 years ago, I stood on stage and uttered the first...
Bat Mitzvah: The Real Deal
Once upon a time when my now 18-year-old daughter was 12 and preparing for her bat mitzvah, she received a package of materials from...
Destination B’nai Mitzvah
Karen Feuerstein wanted her daughter to feel special on the day she officially became bat mitzvah, so she decided to break the mold and...
Out Of The Box
“You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes …” (Deuteronomy 6:8).
The verse is...
Seriously?
There’s nothing like a simcha — dressing up, partying with family and friends, enjoying a delicious meal.
Check out the great food that Bonnie and...
