Giving Incorrect Recruitment Advice

[33girl]

Originally Posted by VandalSquirrel

Stop giving incorrect Judaism advice!

I thought Bar Mitzvah actually, I've had cake at those and Bat Mitzvas, never cake at a Bris.

There are too many jokes to make about appropriate Bris food for me to even start.

[Benzgirl]

Please don't use Bris and Food in the same sentence.
Blech!

[VandalSquirrel]

Originally Posted by 33girl

There are too many jokes to make about appropriate Bris food for me to even start.

Cocktail weeinies? Crust trimmed finger sandwiches?

If I remember right, the few bris (bri? probaly not, since it is a Hebrew word) I have attended were in the morning/early afternoon, and it was a dairy meal instead of a meat one.

Don't quote me on that, and have a faux pas at a bris. Contact your local Chosen Person because it varies, obviously. I do know a good pen and pencil set was the bar mitzvah gift of choice for a long time, but in the 2010s iTunes gift cards may be a good bet.

[ellebud]

First of all, that is a Bar Mitzvah (or Bat Mitzvah) cake. Generally, not that large (don't go there) because French pastry is de rigeur, with the make your own hot fudge sundae bar for the B'nai Mitzvot. And a good pig in the blanket (you should excuse the expression) is always welcomed.

Food for a bris (if kosher) can be the fish platter OR meat platter but can range up to, and including, Wolfgang Puck from Spago catering everything including Jewish pizza and sashimi cones. But, dessert almost always includes rugelach. (Go look that one up! not the salad green) We do not discriminate: a good French pastry is always welcomed.

The new gift of choice is, I believe, a watch. We went to one Bar Mitzvah where the boy got 5, yes 5 Rolexes. But most of the time a Tag will do.......

So, while I do know my Bar/Bat/Bris Mitzvahs (mitzvah means a good deed) food selections if I have made any mistakes in advice for recruitment: mea culpa.

[CougarGrad]

Ellebud, you have me intrigued- "Jewish" pizza? I get the feeling you mean something besides kosher.

[ellebud]

Jewish pizza: (created by Wolfgang Puck) pizza dough pre baked. His isn't too crispy nor too chewy. Topped by: creme fresh, then Nova lox covering the entire pizza. A few dabs of red caviar and a few bits of chive snipped on top. Heaven.

[ree-Xi]

Originally Posted by ellebud

Jewish pizza: (created by Wolfgang Puck) pizza dough pre baked. His isn't too crispy nor too chewy. Topped by: creme fresh, then Nova lox covering the entire pizza. A few dabs of red caviar and a few bits of chive snipped on top. Heaven.

Forgive my unsophisticated palate, but I gag at caviar. Had it at 15 at a theater opening and again at 16, and I just....ugh...

[ellebud]

No prob. Hold the caviar!

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by ellebud

No prob. Hold the caviar!

Then count me in for the pizza!

[ellebud]

I'll make reservations...

[Benzgirl]

If this thread isn't a lane swerve, I don't know what is. At least it brought Sheetcake out of retirement.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by ree-Xi

Forgive my unsophisticated palate, but I gag at caviar. Had it at 15 at a theater opening and again at 16, and I just....ugh...

You can shove your caviar over to my side, I'll take a double portion. This pizza sounds absolutely YUM YUM YUM.

[honeychile]

The most awesome Bar Mitzvah (actually, B'nai Mitzvah) I've ever heard of was one my friend, Cheryl & her family, attended - three days long, including a night at PNC Park. You can read about it here and here, but the amazing photos are sadly no longer there. Dot Pollon, the boys' mother, contacted a professional party planner, and this part was in the Post-Gazette:

"Sometimes, large parties held after a bar or bat mitzvah can generate major gifts to local charities.

That happened last month when Ms. Chirigos staged a "Field of Dreams" party at PNC Park for three Sewickley brothers -- Aaron, Joshua and Benjamin Pollon. Missy Elliott, backed up by seven hip-hop dancers, sang and invited teenagers up on stage, then later posed for pictures with guests and gave autographs.

Aaron and Joshua Pollon, who are twins, gave all their bar mitzvah money, which their parents matched, to the Pirates Charities for Children and Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. Each charity received a check for $15,000 during a presentation on the baseball field.

The twins made the donations because their brother, Benjamin, was born with a disfiguring skin disease and melanoma and later diagnosed with autism.

Aaron and Joshua Pollon wanted to thank the doctors, nurses and therapists who supported Benjamin through 13 years of surgery, Ms. Chirigos said.

The Pollons' party featured fireworks, and because the evening was cold, guests received warm blankets, seat cushions and hats.

"You've got to make people comfortable," Ms. Chirigos said." The paper didn't go into the amazing dinners and lunches held at each venue. Sheetcake's cake was probably there!

Cheryl & I are still close sisters from school, and she's good friends with Dot Pollon from being little sisters together.

[ellebud]

Those boys were listening to their teachers and the examples set by their parents. A part of the Bar Mitzvah education is about giving to charity, to the community, to others, which in Hebrew is called tzadakah. Tzdakah, which most think means charity, actually means justice. Good people of all religions practice tzedakah. What an amazing party and family.

[ThetaDancer]

Originally Posted by Benzgirl

If this thread isn't a lane swerve, I don't know what is. At least it brought Sheetcake out of retirement.

Lol, I know. Good thing it's stickied to the top of the recruitment forum.