Los Angeles Bat Mitzvah Party | The Mark for Events

After her Pacific Palisades Kehillat Israel Bat Mitzvah, Maddie and co. traveled across town to the Mark for Events, a really cool party facility on Pico., next to Factor's Deli, for a rocking Bat Mitzvah bash. How about that grand entrance?
DJ services by the inimitable H2H Entertainment

Pacific Palisades Bat Mitzvah | Kehillat Israel

It was back to our most visited 2011 temple Saturday, Kehillat Israel in Pacific Palisades, for Madeline's Bat Mitzvah. She did a stand-out job, singing "Micha Mocha," and "L'dor V'Dor," chanting from the torah and wittingly talking about becoming "a woman," in a terrific speech. "Mazel Tov, Maddie!

Pacific Palisades Bar Mitzvah | Kehillat Israel

Last Saturday was no. 5 for us in 2011 at Kehillat Israel in Pacific Palisades, the reconstructionist temple blocks from the village, and this weekend it was Benicio's turn at the bima. Here's a fun video montage we put together of highlights from the service and party.

Kehillat Israel Bar Mitzvah | Pacific Palisades Bar Mitzvah Photographer

For week 3 of our 6-week winter stint at Pacific Palisades' Kehillat Israel, we were on hand to photograph Caleb's Bar Mitzvah at the synagogue in the round.

These shots are all by Sam Graham of Graham and Graham Photography.
The first image is of Caleb at the moment in the reconstructionist service when all the kids throw candy at him--their way of celebrating that he has gotten all the way through his torah reading.
Below, Caleb goes over his material with Rabbi Steven Carr Reuben.

Afterwards, all the guests stepped into the social hall next to the sanctuary for a rock and roll themed Bar Mitzvah bash, MC'd by the great Bino of 1-800DJ.com



Finally, here's Caleb with one of his special Blue concoctions made up for the big day.

Kehillat Israel Bar Mitzvah | Pacific Palisades Bar Mitzvah

If it's spring, 2011, we're in Pacific Palisades. For the last two Saturdays, we've been at Kehillat Israel, the reconstructionist temple in Pacific Palisades, for a series of 6 Bar and Bat Mitzvahs in a row.
We met a new client, she liked what she saw, told her friends, and hence--multiple visits to one of the most spacious synagogues in Los Angeles--and did we mention the amazing natural light?