Do you have to spend a king\’s ransom to have a fabulous bar or bat mitzvah for your child? Absolutely not, but remember that not all money-saving tips are created equal. This one — which I\’ve read in several places — wins my top prize as the silliest: Have your party on a Monday and you\’ll get a slightly better price from the caterer.
I don\’t remember much about my own bat mitzvah many years ago, but I do remember this: My father cried as he turned to speak to me after the conclusion of the Torah reading.
This is a report on a bar mitzvah, although you may not recognize it as such.
Christy\’s bat mitzvah was a monumental event for her entire family. The synagogue was full, featuring out-of-towners from New York, San Francisco and Raleigh, N.C. It was the first time that many of them had been in a synagogue.I spend countless hours preparing for these days with students and their parents.
Sinai Temple drew a large crowd Nov. 8 for a debate titled, \”America, Israel and the Middle East: Can There Be Reconciliation?\” Participants were Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz and Hussein Ibish, a senior fellow of the American Task Force on Palestine, which seeks the creation of a Palestinian state to exist peacefully with Israel.
When Michael Margolis was 4, his doctor took his parents aside and told them he had a rare disorder called Type I Gaucher Disease. The disease, which strikes Ashkenazi Jews seven times more often than the general population, is a genetic disorder that robs patients of an enzyme that prevents a buildup of fatty tissues in the body.
Some 40 Hollywood lawyers, business agents and performers were sitting around a long oval conference table at a prominent Century City law firm, munching on a Continental breakfast and exchanging trade talk when the morning\’s speaker walked in.He was a tall, lean man with a long white beard and side locks; he wore a black hat and coat and was introduced as Rabbi Yitzchak Dovid Grossman.\nGrossman is part social innovator, part scholar, part showman, part saint to his admirers — and a world-class hugger and kisser.
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