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Article: A look at the modern bar mitzvah from the outside
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- Washington Jewish Week
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- October 25, 2007
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It's been said that when it comes to raising children, the days go slow and the years go fast. As I find myself in the thick of planning for my second son to become a bar mitzvah, these words ring all too true. But who has time for sentimentalism when you've got to pull off a colossal bar mitzvah bash in less than a year?!
The first item on my party-planning agenda was to secure the entertainment.
"Bar Mitzvahs R Us," said a perky voice on the telephone.
"I'd like to know if you have availability on April 7th, please," I inquired, cordially.
"2009 or 2010?"
"2008," I answered, panic rising.
"Ha!" said the voice (no longer sounding so perky). "Good Luck."
Fifteen phone calls and 14 ...