Parties In Haiku: A $90,000 B'nei Mitzvah Celebration
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Expensive parties Some kids get carried away These two broke the mold This one isn't about the Torah portion, although it is about mitzvot. A haiku about the Torah portion will be posted tomorrow. But today I'm going to share a story about a very expensive B'nei Mitzvah party.Ariana and Marc are friends, students at Chicago Jewish Day School and will become Bat and Bar Mitzvah at Anshe Emet Synagogue in November.They are planning a very expensive combined B'nei Mitzvah celebration. Their idea is extravagant, and their parents can't really afford to pay the entire cost.Their estimated budget is $90,000 - without a DJ! So they did what any tech savvy kids would do. They turned to crowd-funding website Indiegogo.How, you might ask, could a B'nei Mitzvah party cost $90,000? And how, you might also ask, do they have the audacity to crowd-fund such a party? After all, raising money to
Parties In Haiku: A $90,000 B'nei Mitzvah Celebration
Parties In Haiku: A $90,000 B'nei Mitzvah…
Parties In Haiku: A $90,000 B'nei Mitzvah Celebration
Expensive parties Some kids get carried away These two broke the mold This one isn't about the Torah portion, although it is about mitzvot. A haiku about the Torah portion will be posted tomorrow. But today I'm going to share a story about a very expensive B'nei Mitzvah party.Ariana and Marc are friends, students at Chicago Jewish Day School and will become Bat and Bar Mitzvah at Anshe Emet Synagogue in November.They are planning a very expensive combined B'nei Mitzvah celebration. Their idea is extravagant, and their parents can't really afford to pay the entire cost.Their estimated budget is $90,000 - without a DJ! So they did what any tech savvy kids would do. They turned to crowd-funding website Indiegogo.How, you might ask, could a B'nei Mitzvah party cost $90,000? And how, you might also ask, do they have the audacity to crowd-fund such a party? After all, raising money to