Anonymous
Post 09/26/2015 21:42     Subject: Re:Bar Mitzvah for 10K?


Yes, at our synagogue everyone invites the whole Hebrew School class
Anonymous
Post 09/26/2015 21:34     Subject: Bar Mitzvah for 10K?
Do you have to invite the whole class?
Anonymous
Post 09/26/2015 20:50     Subject: Bar Mitzvah for 10K?
Anonymous wrote:Fun is pizza DJ and photo booth.



I have yet to find a tasty kosher pizza. At $18 a pie, it should be good, but it's just not.
Anonymous
Post 09/26/2015 20:47     Subject: Bar Mitzvah for 10K?
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
Post 09/26/2015 20:47     Subject: Bar Mitzvah for 10K?
Fun is pizza DJ and photo booth.
Anonymous
Post 09/26/2015 20:26     Subject: Re:Bar Mitzvah for 10K?
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
Post 09/26/2015 20:10     Subject: Bar Mitzvah for 10K?
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
Post 09/26/2015 20:06     Subject: Bar Mitzvah for 10K?
Anonymous wrote:At our synagogue anything goes. You don't need to do a fancy party.


But will the parents be rude about you behind your back? That is the question.
Anonymous
Post 09/26/2015 20:05     Subject: Bar Mitzvah for 10K?
At our synagogue anything goes. You don't need to do a fancy party.
Anonymous
Post 09/26/2015 19:17     Subject: Bar Mitzvah for 10K?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Nope. Sorry. A shitty, cheap one for 10k is doable. But not a good, fun one. I'm sorry.


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.


Why does anyone need to have a party of 150 people for a teenager?
Anonymous
Post 09/26/2015 19:07     Subject: Bar Mitzvah for 10K?
Anonymous wrote:Nope. Sorry. A shitty, cheap one for 10k is doable. But not a good, fun one. I'm sorry.


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
Post 09/26/2015 18:56     Subject: Bar Mitzvah for 10K?
Nope. Sorry. A shitty, cheap one for 10k is doable. But not a good, fun one. I'm sorry.
Anonymous
Post 09/26/2015 18:53     Subject: Bar Mitzvah for 10K?
Isn't a DJ alone a couple thousand?
Anonymous
Post 09/26/2015 18:41     Subject: Bar Mitzvah for 10K?
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
Post 09/26/2015 18:37     Subject: Bar Mitzvah for 10K?
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...