One need not think that such an expensive bar or bas mitzve is necessary, however, and the Jerusalem Post lists a couple of tips on how to keep it affordable:
- Plan the event yourself. This can save thousands of dollars you would otherwise spend on an event planner.
- Make the tables' center-pieces yourself, this will save a $200/table fee for renting them for a night.
- Don't have famous musicians. This could save millions.
Even though my bar mitzveh had none of these gimmicks and cost somewhat less than the recommended minimum of $20,000, I still think I had the best bar mitzveh in town. I am also completely certain that those who came for the goody bags were sorely disappointed.
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I am happy to read that we, your parents, did something right. (Yehuda's)Mom
Another scandalous piece, this time, from Haaretz, but amusing in its own way:
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArtVty.jhtml?sw=rabbi+cops&itemNo=655606
Rabbis in Blue
Do they come in threes?
Alan
While the bar/bat mitzvah celebrations that I went to on Long Island way back when were rather lavish, unfortunately they don't match up to this. The most interesting gimmick I had ever seen was one party where Clay Bellinger (at the time, a third baseman for the Yankees) came to sign autographs for all the guests of the party (the hosts had a tough time deciding between Bellinger and John Franco of the Mets, but ultimately their Yankee pride shined through). However, from all these parties, all I have to show are a bunch of t-shirts that say something to the extent of "I was an All-Star at Aaron's Bar-Mitzvah!"
we had lasagna at my barm
This is completely ludicrous; the best bar-mitzvah in town occurred a couple of years later. I demand that the author be deleted from this blog.
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