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Brides reflect: the most important takeaways for wedding planning

On my wedding day last fall, I was very nervous. My husband and I planned our celebration, to be held in Chicago, entirely on our own and all the way from Boston. We were also combining a Russian-Jewish family with a Sabra-Israeli family, and members of each took long flights to the U.S. for the wedding.

Avoid an Oops in Shooting Your Video

Whether you\’re trying to capture a wedding, b\’nai mitzvah or 50th anniversary celebration, the day will come and go whether you\’re ready for it or not. Unless you\’re prepared, the opportunity to capture family history can easily slip through your fingers.

Throw a Party With a Purpose

It\’s not that glitz, glamour and secular themes at b\’nai mitzvah are inherently problematic, like in the soon-to-be-released one-upsmanship film, \”Keeping Up With the Steins,\” but when they\’re inadequately balanced with Jewish values we can be left with an empty shell of a party that undermines the entire point of these meaningful milestones.

Kosher Stylin’

I have plenty of friends who keep more strictly kosher than I do, but even some of them make exceptions — like bouillabaisse in France or lobster in Maine. I deviate when I\’m the guest in someone\’s home, and the options are slim — my rationale being that it\’s better to not shame a host than to stick to my half-baked rules.

B’nai Mitzvah Planning Guide

When the child is born, start saving! It\’s not a bad idea to start two savings accounts; one for college and one for the bar or bat mitzvah.

Wonderousness of the First Time

When the date was set, everything came into focus. He really will become a bar mitzvah. How exciting the whole year became. Bobby knew his prayers and haftarah very well. No one was concerned about that. He began to work on his sermon and master that, too.

Functional Seating to Avoid Teen Chaos

It had been perfectly planned. For my brother\’s bar mitzvah reception, each member of our family was responsible for sitting with and entertaining a particular constituency.

Thinking Ahead

Even hypothetically, it\’s not so simple. How do I feel about life-sustaining technology? At what point, if ever, would food and water be a form of futile prolonging of life?

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