Category
Bar & Bat Mitzvahs
How one bat mitzvah girl made a wish come true
Julie Brown
March 9, 2007
Over the years, b\’nai mitzvah students have been encouraged more and more to select a cause, organization or project that they can support by donating community service hours, a portion of their gift money or both.
Former emcee sheds light on beaucoup-buck parties
Jay Firestone
March 9, 2007
George Valencia said the inspiration for the film came from his worst memory as a bar mitzvah emcee — he had run out of glow ropes during a party for a particularly affluent family only to discover that the bar mitzvah boy had never received one.
Rite of passage is not a free pass
Rabbi Jan Katzew
March 9, 2007
\”Keeping Up With the Steins\” is an unlikely candidate for an Academy Award, but it has served a purpose if it causes us to pause and consider the cultural phenomenon that prompted its production and distribution.
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