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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe she's just intending to go to the service, which would be fine - services in a temple are open to everyone off the street. *I* could attend your daughter's bat mitzvah. [/quote]

That is rude unless you are invited or a member of the temple. [/quote]

I guess it depends on your temple - where I come from, it's a Saturday morning Shabbat service, so anyone who wants to attend THAT, does. If there happens to be a bar or bat mitzvah going on during that service, so be it. There were lots of people at my bat mizvah that I didn't really know. Some were there because they're more observant and always showed up on Saturdays, some were there for mourner's Kiddush, some were there because they want to be a kind face in the congregation for the rabbi when s/he looks out, etc.

I'm sorry you aren't a member of a more welcoming temple. [/quote]
NP. This is my experience too, at the temple I grew up in, the temple I attended as an adult in MD, and the one I go to now in the Midwest. [/quote]

Our temple in DC is like this as well. Shabbat services are open to the public. Plus, it's not unheard of for parents of invited children to stick around and enjoy the service if they know the bar or bat mitzvah. I've always viewed it as a kind gesture on their part. [/quote]

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