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…EIFUS JAY DR STELA ZA HARIEVA Off The Beaten Party Path BARBARA LEWIS CONTRIBUTING WRITER L DSO LEX DO N ooking for something other than a syna- gogue social hall, hotel or restaurant to have your bar/bat mitzvah party, wed- ding or other simchah? Here are a few unusual venues Detroiters can recommend. TOP TO BOTTOM: Great Lakes Culinary Center, set up for a bat mitzvah. Rachel Wolock and Steven Kish wed at Planterra. Shaya Schreiber m...…
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…continued from page 6 Y Yakar brought a backpack Torah to read in a tent on th the grounds of Michigan State University’s Tollgate F Farm in Novi. A party followed in the barn, where 125 guests en enjoyed pizza, salad and Dairy Queen Blizzards made o on site. Golodner’s daughter, Eliana Schreiber, is 18 months yo younger than her brother. Because Orthodox bat mitz- va vahs are usually celebrated at age 12, the Golodners d decided to do her no...…
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…I Do, Take 2 What to wear on your second special day. SUSAN PECK SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS ABOVE: Inbal Dror, Roma Sposa Atelier, Birmingham. CENTER: Simone Rocha earrings, Tender, Birmingham E very wedding is a special occasion — and for “I do,” take two, it’s positively no exception: For bridal fashions for the encore bride, the good news is there are no rules. In fact, the modern bride lucky enough to find love the second time is igno...…
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…continued from page 10 The motto this time is: This is the last time, and it’s got to be fabulous. ABOVE: Lace and an illusion neckline, Maria’s Haute Couture Bridal, West Bloomfield. LEFT: Adam Selman Spring Affair dress, Tender, Birmingham. C12 celebrate! • 2017 jn wedding day?” — and forgetting everyone else’s opinion. “We have brides who come in and choose something imaginative and funky like a cocktail-length, ’40s-inspired dress i...…
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…Oh, You Pretty Things A roundup of some of our favorite festive, creative and downright luscious decor from this year’s bat mitzvahs. Who: Jane and Estee Rosett live in Bloomfield Hills and attend Bloomfield Hills Middle School. Their service was held at Temple Israel. Parents: Ryan and Karen Rosett Photographer: Brett Mountain Venue: The front yard of their home What went on: The sisters are just about a year apart, so they shared their...…
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…continued from page 14 Name: Rayna Golnick lives in West Bloomfield and attends Hillel Day School. Her service was at Congregation Beth Ahm. Parents: Marla and Jason Golnick Photographer: Ron Lieberman Venue: Tam-O-Shanter Country Club, West Bloomfield What Went On: The theme was cupcakes. “Rayna loves to bake — espe- cially cupcakes — and she visits cupcake bakeries in every city she travels,” Marla says. The party brimmed with cupcake- ...…
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…Franci Hirsch Paper Mates Local entrepreneurs offer invitations, gift tags, hand-holding and more. SUZANNE CHESSLER CONTRIBUTING WRITER V alerie Harb, who formerly designed printed mar- keting materials for small businesses, offered a job-related gift to a friend. When the woman casually discussed budgeting for a son’s bar mitzvah party, Harb offered to take care of the invitations. What had been a tedious process for her friend became an...…
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…FotoBomb lets guests choose superimposed backgrounds, provides social media options and includes a memory book of photos. Ready For Your Close Up Photo booths and green screens: What you need to know. P Jason Miller Jews in the Digital Age hoto booths are not new, but the technology has improved immensely. Just recently, I was looking at the three-ring binder of printed Polaroid photos from my bar mitzvah. It wasn’t the photo booth of t...…
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…Mitzvah Memories Well-known localites share recollections of their special day. A bar or bat mitzvah is a milestone moment that most cel- ebrants remember for the rest of their lives. The JN asked a few well-known Detroiters to share the most vivid memories of their coming-of-age sagas. Here’s what they said: ARTHUR HORWITZ, publisher and executive editor of the Jewish News, had a “fairly typical” bar mitz- vah on June 3, 1967, at Congreg...…
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…Mitzvah Memories GEOFF KRETCHMER, a partner in Star Trax and Local Kitchen & Bar, celebrated his bar mitz- vah at Temple Emanu-El on April 11, 1980. His strongest memories are of the party. “My parents rented out the Huntington Woods Rec Center, which was smaller in those days; there was a fireplace room con- nected to a game room,” he said. “We had the whole place for me and my friends and didn’t have to compete with the neighborhood kids f...…
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…Invaluable gifts of time — and timeless — treasures. SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER T he classic wedding present — wrapped in sparkly silver paper or inserted into a greeting card — is, no doubt, much appreciated; and if it comes from the couple’s registry, even anticipated. But, once in a great while, a gift comes with such extended meaning and touching, per- sonal consideration that, for the recipients, it is priceless. healt...…
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…LEFT: Jamez Frederick of Cloud 9 RIGHT: Stealth DJ engages kids in a game of Coke and Pepsi Party Rockers Yes, you can hire an awesome DJ/MC and still stay on budget. Here’s how. STACY GITTLEMAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER I n a typical mitzvah party, there are about 30 budget line items, from venue to photographer to food — plus all the extras, like decorations, photo booths, maybe a henna painting station. When saving money, however, one place ...…
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…Your Celebration DESTINATION continued from page 38 “I also make sure the music mix is catered to the preferences set by the family,” he adds. “Our goal is to ensure each event is as perfect as you envisioned from beginning to end. We only have one opportunity to get everything right and we do it right the first time.” To keep the kids engaged, Cone mixes up the evening with dancing and winnable games with giveaways and prizes provided by th...…
…Mitzvah Prep Practice Makes Perfect Time and effort — the only way to prepare for b’nai mitzvah. STACY GITTLEMAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER O ne piece of advice that b’nai mitzvah tutors share with new students and their parents: To be successful on the big day, nothing takes the place of practice to master the required prayers and Torah and haftarah chanting it takes to earn one’s rite into Jewish adulthood. Ideally, preparations to become a ba...…
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…Money Money Money SUZANNE CHESSLER CONTRIBUTING WRITER Tips to help your child use their monetary gifts wisely. C44 celebrate! • 2017 D aniel Hollander, a Southfield attorney and financial advis- er, never met Beth Kobliner, a New York money journalist and author, but the two have some background experi- ences and forward-looking viewpoints in common. Both grew up with parents who were teachers, and both early on understood how their res...…
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…continued from page 46 Bridal websites suggest budgets, timelines, activities, gifts — all in the interest of being organized to make the most of the time together. TOP: Pre-wedding, the bride and her maids wore robes gifted by Erica. ABOVE: Erica and nine of her nearest and dearest traveled to Charleston for a destination bachelorette party. C48 celebrate! • 2017 jn bought a dress, personalized shirt and lotions. Bridesmaids did their o...…
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…Ketubahs? YES!!! Glass to break? YES!!! Make a preserved memory of your wedding? YES!!! continued from page 50 THE BASEBALL LAB, Novi. Your birthday boy has hopes of being the next MLB rookie of the year, but it’s the middle of winter and there are 10 inches of snow on the ground. How about a party at the Baseball Lab? The indoor facility takes baseball to new levels. For 2½ hours, your kid and his (or her) team (up to 18 players) will have...…
…A STANDING OVATION The Arnold family — Philip, Sam, Wendy, Shoshana and Adam — celebrates. A Special I Day Jewish families with special-needs teens “make it work” for their bar or bat mitzvah. MAAYAN JAFFE JNS.ORG t was a day filled with light, joy and hope,” says Adina Levitan, recalling the bar mitzvah of one of her favor- ite Camp HASC students. The New York-based camp, which each summer serves more than 300 children and adults with in...…
