Just so you know, I’m heading off to one in Maryland. It’ll be one big Jew-fest for the entire weekend. Fear not, I'll bring along my iphone to document the whole trip. In the meantime here’s a crash course on what to expect at the celebration of a female entering Jewish puberty.
Ah the Bat Mitzvah... taboo to some Jews, mandatory for others.
ReplyDeleteI always enjoy the ever embarassing torah reading by the pubescent kid. Priceless. Trying to look cool after that is a near impossibility. I guess that explains the way over the top parties.
Laughing out loud at the "opening gum and candy from her purse" and "games like 7 minutes in heaven" and....never mind, the whole thing had me roaring!
ReplyDeleteDarn, I missed out on the memory glass. It looks a lot better than most of my presents.
ReplyDeleteHave fun.
P.S. No, swedish fish don't MAKE ME fart. I fart all the time, regardless. They just make for extra stink.
ReplyDeleteDo you not recall my "I Never Had a Bat Mitzvah" post? Thanks for rubbing in yet again. I've been traumatized being a boring Catholic with boring backyard confirmation party... That memory glass thing is funny because I think Italians do that with wine bottles! Fill them with stuff and stick a candle in them and melt the wax. Hmm, maybe that was just my relatives. Maybe we're secretly Jewish which makes me want that Mitzvah even more.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the crash course, as a non Jew I needed to be educated!
ReplyDeleteIt seems like every ceremony you folks have, somehow relates to food! Is that truly what it's all about?
ReplyDeleteI have that Crayola Caddie/Caddy thing, from when my kids were growing up.
ReplyDeleteI love how Ke$ha was recently paid $50,000 to sing two songs at a Bat Mitzvah.... When she finished her songs, she yelled out 'Happy Sweet 16!' I'm sure that made the 'new woman' feel awesome!
ReplyDeleteWow, I want to attend one. If not to help out with the memory glass then to see how "7 minutes to Heaven" game is played.
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