Bar Mitzvah for 10K?
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Anonymous
| Is it possible to do a great, fun party after the ceremony for 150 guests for 10K or is that totally unrealistic? Looking at a dinner, kosher caterer and a good DJ... |
Anonymous
| That's not realistic. $10K for 150 people is $67 a head. That's not going to happen for a kosher dinner. Can you do a Sunday brunch or lunch instead? |
Anonymous
| Isn't a DJ alone a couple thousand? |
Anonymous
| Nope. Sorry. A shitty, cheap one for 10k is doable. But not a good, fun one. I'm sorry. |
Anonymous
Ugh. This is exactly why I'm not raising my Jewish children in a synagogue. This "necessary party" for a right of passage is such a show off for the parents. Makes me sick. |
Anonymous
Why does anyone need to have a party of 150 people for a teenager? |
Anonymous
| At our synagogue anything goes. You don't need to do a fancy party. |
Anonymous
But will the parents be rude about you behind your back? That is the question. |
Anonymous
| Ridiculous. Anything goes. If you have stuck up friends, then ok they may think something. But if you have normal friends, then no. I've been to plenty of bar/bat mitzvah parties that were just fm get togethers at a house or temple. Very low key. And others that were a sit down lunch, but nothing elaborate. Do what you want, same rule as a wedding. |
Anonymous
| OP here- not trying to impress our friends- in our synagogue, you invite the entire 8th grade class which is 75 kids, plus DS's friends, plus our few close family friends comes out to 150 people. I didn't say it needed to be fancy, I said fun. |
Anonymous
| Fun is pizza DJ and photo booth. |
Anonymous
| Just do what you want. Don't worry about what other people in the synagogue are doing. Maybe they are also concerned about the cost. |
Anonymous
I have yet to find a tasty kosher pizza. At $18 a pie, it should be good, but it's just not. |
Anonymous
| Do you have to invite the whole class? |
Anonymous
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Yes, at our synagogue everyone invites the whole Hebrew School class |