Bar Mitzvah Speeches News for 10/12/2007



Teen's bat mitzvah to honor grandma (El Paso Times)
Before she became ill with Alzheimer's disease, Bertha Villegas was a beloved grandmother who enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren...

Tips for Writing Great Bar Mitzvah Speeches
For Jewish males their Bar Mitzvah is an important rite of passage. It marks their transition from boyhood to manhood. This ceremony is held when the boy turns 13 years old, and although in the eyes of government law he is still seen as ...

Comedy opens Jewish Theater's 12th season - Atlanta Journal Constitution

Comedy opens Jewish Theater's 12th season
Atlanta Journal Constitution,  USA - 19 hours ago
But mob "enforcer" Dominic (Jeff Portell) refuses to accept the Israeli bonds that Brad got for his bar mitzvah. "I would say it's situational comedy," .
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Barry: Want my vote? Leave your kids out of the election (Middletown Times Herald-Record)
I'd like to take a few minutes to talk to all of the candidates running for office...

The Yavneh incident was stupid but not quite anti-Semitic (The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles)
Last month, Kol Nidrei services on the evening of the Day of Atonement held at a local Hancock Park yeshiva were interrupted by the government officials pressing a zoning violation...

Would Bergman pass the test? - Montreal Gazette

Would Bergman pass the test?
Montreal Gazette, Canada - Oct 11, 2007
. he wore a kipah and was sworn in on a Chumash (the Pentateuch), the same Chumash he was given at his Bar Mitzvah when he was 13 years old. .
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The Bar Mitzvah Speech A Rite of Passage
The power of the spoken word is powerful and especially so when one is chosen to give one of the Bar Mitzvah Speeches. The Bar Mitzvah itself makes a point in the life of a young Jewish boy when he turns a corner in his life from a boy, ...

What is the Significance of Bar Mitzvah Hats?
Bar mitzvah hats can be as fun and frivolous as you want them to be. You can go for colorful pointed party hats or even fun top hats emblazoned with the words Mazel Tov. There are all kinds of bar mitzvah party favors and supplies ...

The View From Here . . . (Garden City News)
Over the Columbus Day weekend, in addition to going to a bar mitzvah in Cincinnati of the son of a close friend, I have been reading a biography of Rudy Giuliani by Cooper Union professor Fred Siegel called The Prince of the City: Giuliani, New York and the Genius of American Life..

Teen uses Bar Mitzvah money to give school libraries a boost (The Champaign News-Gazette)
URBANA EUR "Now, you are a man." So go the words told to many a boy on his Bar Mitzvah day, the rite of passage that signifies adulthood in the Jewish world. The boy EUR or girl if it's a Bat Mitzvah EUR learns about Judaism and reads in Hebrew from the Torah, the Jewish holy book, in front of family, friends and congregants...

Teen's bat mitzvah to honor grandma - El Paso Times

Teen's bat mitzvah to honor grandma
El Paso Times, TX - 3 hours ago
Rabbi Larry Bach of Temple Mount Sinai said each year many teens like Valerie make a commitment to be bat or bar mitzvah. "When we're children, .
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Teen uses Bar Mitzvah money to give school libraries a boost - Urbana/Champaign News-Gazette

Teen uses Bar Mitzvah money to give school libraries a boost
Urbana/Champaign News-Gazette, IL - Oct 8, 2007
By Amy F. Reiter So go the words told to many a boy on his Bar Mitzvah day, the rite of passage that signifies adulthood in the Jewish world. .
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Comedy opens Jewish Theater's 12th season (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Mira Hirsch never had a bat mitzvah. When she moved to Atlanta from Athens with her parents in the '70s, bat mitzvahs were a relatively new thing, so her family decided to skip it. Now, the Wheeler High School graduate and longtime member of The Temple on Peachtree Street is having her "first" bat mitzvah. On Saturday, Jewish Theatre of the South, founded by Hirsch in 1995, opens its 12th season ...

Tips for Writing Great Bar Mitzvah Speeches
This ceremony is held when the boy turns 13 years old, and although in the eyes of government law he is still seen as a child he is no longer one in the eyes of Jewish law. Once he has had his bar mitzvah he is held accountable as an ...

Or Ami members unroll Torah scroll (The Acorn)
Jews revere the Torah scroll as one of the greatest gifts given by God to the Jewish people. Written by hand by a trained scribe using a quill, specially prepared ink and parchment derived from a kosher animal (usually a cow), the Torah contains the five books of Moses...

EUR˜Alanas Advice Teen turns bar mitzvah project into a book - Connecticut Jewish Ledger

EUR˜Alanas Advice Teen turns bar mitzvah project into a book
Connecticut Jewish Ledger, CT - Oct 2, 2007
By Patricia DAscoli REDDING-When preparing for her recent bat mitzvah, Alexandra Bender was asked to contemplate the following question: EURœHow can I make .
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Tips for Writing Great Bar Mitzvah Speeches
He will be considered a man and treated as such in regard to his moral and ethical life and his parents are no longer held morally or spiritually accountable for any of his actions. You will need some bar mitzvah speeches if you are ...

Congregation Kol Ami celebrates first womens bnot mitzvahs - Business Gazette

Congregation Kol Ami celebrates first womens bnot mitzvahs
Business Gazette, MD - Oct 8, 2007
by Katherine Mullen | Staff Writer Although Eileen Dunnell watched her son become a bar mitzvah 44 years ago, she never had the opportunity as a young woman .
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Tips for Writing Great Bar Mitzvah Speeches
. a thank you to not only his parents and religious leaders but also everyone in attendance. These speeches should short, around ten minutes or less as anything more than that can get tedious for guestsEURŠ Read more at Bar Mitzvah Speeches...

It's the mitzvah, not the bar, that counts - The Jewish Journal of greater L.A

It's the mitzvah, not the bar, that counts
The Jewish Journal of greater L.A, CA - Sep 27, 2007
As I find myself in the thick of planning my second son's bar mitzvah, these words ring all too true. But who has time for sentimentalism when you've got to .
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Where to Find a Bar Mitzvah Certificate Template
Bar mitzvah invitations range from very basic to very intricate. You can find simple white invitations emblazoned with a blue Star of David, which are ideal invitations for your average bar mitzvah. Another idea as far as the invites ...

If Its Parshat Noach This Must Be the Cohen Bar Mitzvah - Jewish Action

If Its Parshat Noach This Must Be the Cohen Bar Mitzvah
Jewish Action, NY - 12 hours ago
By Debra B. Darvick Never thought Id say it but I miss the bar mitzvah circuit. I miss that three-year stretch of our lives where it seemed we were living .
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The Basics of Bar Mitzvah Curriculum
Bar mitzvah study also helps the young man prepare for the customary speech, which is used to accept responsibility, give thanks and express spiritual ideas. The speech should draw on Judaism and the significance of the event but should ...

MIKE'S SUMMIT (New York Post)
Shortly before he broke with the Republican Party, Mayor Bloomberg had a private sitdown with Ken Mehlman, one of the GOP's chief strategists and a close ally of President Bush, a review of the mayor's schedules show. The two met at Gracie Mansion...

Shopping for Bar Mitzvah Dancing Socks and Other Accessories
There are all kinds of party favors that are appropriate for a bar mitzvah. For young children, go for fun glow sticks, candy and small toys. Pre-teens and teens might also enjoy candy. However, they might also like something like ...

More News (Gazette.Net)
That changed on Saturday. Wearing the same EUR˜EUR˜tallitEUR or prayer shawl that her son wore as a young man in 1963, Dunnell reflected on becoming a bat mitzvah...

Missed opportunities - Frederick News Post (subscription)

Frederick News Post (subscription)

Missed opportunities
Frederick News Post (subscription), MD - Oct 6, 2007
Conversations with her son, who is a few years away from his bar mitzvah, also moved her. "He started asking me questions about Judaism and the different .
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MIKE'S SUMMIT - New York Post

MIKE'S SUMMIT
New York Post, NY - 1 hour ago
But they do reveal that while Bloomberg won't officiate weddings, he'll do bar mitzvahs - his 10 am event on May 2, was, "Video taping for Amanda Perl's Bat .
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Shul tripping -- a nostalgic hippie tours the alternative scene (The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles)
(From left) Reb Zalman Schacter-Shalomi, Rabbi Debra Orenstein and Cantor-Rabbi Monty Turner at Makom Ohr Shalom's Yom Kippur service. Photo by Mark Reden..

A Brief Primer on Bar Mitzvah Customs
. both morally and legally within the context of the bar mitzvah. His parents will no longer be responsible and accountable for him. The ceremony and celebrations are attended by friends and familyEURŠ Read more at Bar Mitzvah Speeches...



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