bar-mitzvah

It's the equivalent of having to do the YMCA hand gestures so that the bar-mitzvah band leader doesn't feel alone and lame.

Michael Ziegfeld: Excessive 'Clapping Along' and the 'Round of Applause' Michael Ziegfeld 2012

It's the equivalent of having to do the YMCA hand gestures so that the bar-mitzvah band leader doesn't feel alone and lame.

Michael Ziegfeld: Excessive 'Clapping Along' and the 'Round of Applause' Michael Ziegfeld 2012

My great-grandfather moved to this side of the world and made a conscious choice to deprive my grandfather of a bar-mitzvah.

Rabbi Shais Taub: Celebrating 70 Years Since The Rebbe Arrived In America Rabbi Shais Taub 2011

I remember buying my first CDs in the early 90's, using all my bar-mitzvah money at HMV to stock up on the new Guns N 'Roses, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Pearl Jam CDs.

Jason Pinter: Why the Digital Revolution is Missing the Big Picture 2010

At my bar-mitzvah, it brought young and old to the dance floor flapping their arms and shaking their rears.

Ryan Schwartz: Tribal Celebrations Stir the Senses Ryan Schwartz 2010

At my bar-mitzvah, it brought young and old to the dance floor flapping their arms and shaking their rears.

Ryan Schwartz: Tribal Celebrations Stir the Senses 2010

In 1983 gun - and grenade-wielding attackers stormed worshipers, taking 23 lives; in 2003 a car bomb outside a bar-mitzvah service killed more than a dozen and injured hundreds — mostly Turkish Muslims who lived and worked nearby.

Shalom Alaikum 2009

I still feel an affectionate interest in a young scribe at whose bar-mitzvah I danced.

Christopher Hitchens: On Slander, Innuendo, and Bar-Mitzvah Dances 2008

These accounts accumulated various cashflows -- bar-mitzvah checks, birthday presents, the occasional grandparental contribution -- until the age of 22, when we received the money and could put it toward whatever we pleased: a downpayment on a studio apartment, a post-graduate degree, a zippy little Mazda.

David Bledin: The HuffPost Guide To Blowing Your $500 Million Fortune 2008

The synagogue broke into song, the traditional melody for the bar-mitzvah boy.

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