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Bar & Bat Mitzvahs
Bar/Bat Mitzvah – Author-Baker Rises to Bimah — at Last
Beverly Gray
May 11, 2006
Joanne Rocklin is obsessed with food. On her 60th birthday, she began summarizing her life with the essentials: \”I love to cook. I love to eat\”. But it\’s her passion for writing that has enabled her to come to terms with her life and her faith.
Bar/Bat Mitzvah – B’nai Mitzvah Menu Dishes Up Bonuses
Beverly Levitt
May 11, 2006
With the flurry that surrounds a b\’nai mitzvah celebration, we often lose sight that this day — this passage from childhood to adulthood — will be one of the most meaningful memories of his or her life.
Bar/Bat Mitzvah – From Saccharine to Satire.
Mark Oppenheimer
May 11, 2006
Here, then, are 10 memorable TV b\’nai mitzvah, moving over the years from well-meaning, almost saccharine reverence for ritual to critical, even scathing send-ups.
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