InLos Angeles StoriesbyLoren Kantor·Jan 2, 2025When Videotaping Goes BadThe first rule of videotaping a bar mitzvah is learn who the parents are. They’re the ones who pay you and they expect to see themselves on…A response icon24A response icon24
Loren Kantor·Apr 16, 2024Memories of My Bar MitzvahAs a rite of passage, my bar mitzvah fell somewhere between African teens sticking their penis in a wasp’s nest and New Guinea boys…A response icon27A response icon27
Orthodox Sunflower·Mar 31, 2024Why I’m emotional for my son’s Bar MitzvahIn my community, Bar Mitzvah’s are a common occurrence. People have big families as it’s one of the commandments in the Torah to be…
Marcu Forester, a pseudonym·Jun 20, 2023Sunday School Days(Draft chapter from memoir in progress, “Journal of an Ocean Lover”)
Roger Igo·Dec 31, 2021Planning a Safe, Meaningful Bar or Bat MitzvahDespite the uncertainties of COVID-19 and its variants, many feel there’s no pressing pause when it comes to a child’s Bar or Bat Mitzvah…
Marcu Forester, a pseudonym·Jul 2, 2021My Bar Mitzvah Became A Clash of Titans, between Dad and the Rabbi(one chapter in my book project with working title, “Diary of An Ocean Lover”)
InHuman PartsbyDebra Fried·Jun 19, 2021Bracing MyselfRescued at the Bar MitzvahA response icon11A response icon11
Alan J. Schwarz·May 10, 2021Dovey the WarriorDovey Greenglass loved to play soccer with his friends. The trouble was he spent every afternoon after school studying with Rabbi Lernsen…
Alan J. Schwarz·Feb 19, 2021My Bar MitzvahI have always felt blessed beyond words. I was born into an amazing family full of love and support. I never felt alone or lost in terms…
