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Article: MY BIG FAT AMERICAN BAR MITZVAH FRETTING ABOUT ...
The Boston Globe;  May 22, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... size and expense of bar mitzvah parties. In the ... attention in the press, Jewish or otherwise. But ... too never became a bar mitzvah boy.) And yet ... with a sizeable Jewish population knows ... imitation of their Jewish classmates. Jews ... their hands over bar mitzvah ...

Article: Bar Mitzvah 21 - exploring Jewish survival ...
Washington Jewish Week;  November 13, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... the goal of the bar mitzvah was to give the kids a strong sense of Jewish identity," we ... substantial portion of his bar mitzvah prep time should be devoted to studying Jewish history and literature ... had worked for a Jewish book review and ... Solon. Dan's Bar ...

Article: Double milestone: Son's bar mitzvah marks ascent to ...
Cleveland Jewish News;  November 6, 1998 ;     700+ words ...Cleveland Jewish News 11-06-1998 Double milestone: Son's bar mitzvah marks ascent to Jewish adulthood as well as ... use her computer. His bar mitzvah was the turning point ... is the editor of The Jewish Star in South River ...

Article: DIY bar mitzvah ; School set up by local families ...
The Boston Globe;  June 18, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... nontraditional path for his Jewish coming-of-age ... Instead of the usual bar mitzvah training - weekly ... School, an Orthodox Jewish day school in Brookline, and had his bar mitzvah in a synagogue ... everyone in the Jewish community approves ... liberal hand with bar ...

Article: 50 grand for a bar mitzvah, and the kid isn't even ...
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  January 26, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... grand for a bar mitzvah, and the kid isn't even Jewish -- Coming ... look-alike bar mitzvah bash these days ... parties for non-Jewish 13-year ... from kids, Jewish and gentile ... Ira had his bar mitzvah, there were ...

Article: Seeking Sacred Destinations; Jewish Families Increasingly ...
The Washington Post;  December 2, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... mitzvah but also for Jewish weddings and other life ... said he did about three bar mitzvah ceremonies a year when ... than a half-dozen Jewish families on the island ... banquet hall with the bar mitzvah boy aboard. But that ... said Debbi Schapiro. A Jewish "spiritual leader ...

Article: Engaging Jewish Teens (Part 1): The post-Bar ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency;  June 15, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... 15-2000 ENGAGING JEWISH TEENS [Part 1]: The post-Bar Mitzvah dropout; Study confirms ... life -- confirmed that Jewish involvement steadily drops after the Bar Mitzvah. According to the study, 86 percent of Jewish seventh graders participate ...