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Hiring A Bar Mitzvah DJ: There Are No Do-Overs, So Rent One Who’s Worth More Than You’re Paying

Have you been assigned your Bar or Bat Mitzvah date yet? Due to vacations and camps, there are seldom Bar or Bat Mitzvahs scheduled in the summer. My son’s birthday is July 22. His Bar Mitzvah was pushed up to May 1! (And remember, springtime is Wedding season, too.) September […]

Hiring A Bar Mitzvah DJ: Why The Guest Of Honor Lost His Lunch While His Parents Lost Their Minds

The following information regards the first half (first 2 hours) of a Bar or bat Mitzvah Reception:
There’s no university I know of offering a Mobile DJ major. We learn by watching, listening and doing. What works for me will be handled differently by my peers.
What’s the right way? Did you hear about […]

Hiring a Bar Mitzvah DJ: Taking The Shine Off Of Those Glossy Brochures

Regarding a Disc Jockey’s full color mail-out brochure, does High Gloss = High Cost? Not necessarily. And very often, the opposite is true.
It’s not a certainty about the one you may receive, but national printers sell professionally designed, glossy brochures to DJs by exclusive territory and classification (Wedding, Corporate, etc.) and simply plug […]

Hiring A Bar Mitzvah DJ: You Guys Wouldn’t Be Fibbing, Would You?

If you don’t ask, you’ll never know. Quiz your prospective DJs with these:
1. “How do you keep the friends occupied?”
Specifically, ask about contests and games. Hope for more than “Coke & Pepsi” and “The Limbo.” Kids must be kept happy or, at the very least, busy. But a DJ isn’t […]

Hiring a Bar Mitzvah DJ: How To Separate The Showman From The Salesman

If you don’t book through an agency, weren’t referred, haven’t previously seen his act or met at a Simcha Showcase, your initial interaction with a prospective DJ is the telephone.
That’s good for you! You’re on your home turf. He’s not physically in your living room giving you a face-to-face pitch, which either openly […]

Hiring A Bar Mitzvah DJ: How To Do Better Than Eenie Meenie Minie Mo

The customer is (mostly) always right.
A client’s input is fabulous. DJ’s love to feed off of creative parents and perform to their expectations. But, there are times when parents should defer to the better judgment of the DJ, despite how they’ve envisioned the tenor of the party will unfold.
There’s rarely a Motzi, Candlelighting […]

Party Planning for a Bar-Mitzvah

A Bar-Mitzvah is the ceremony of a 13-year old boy. It is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to celebrate the coming of age. This religious observance is important for the faith of this group of people. It is vital to plan a Bar-Mitzvah accordingly to the ancient practices and to be a part of […]

The Kabbalah of Adolescence

Do you remember what it was like to be an adolescent? The anger, the confusion, the rebellion? The intense need to express yourself, even in ways that were upsetting to the people around you?
Or maybe you are the parent of an adolescent. Maybe you long for the days when he or she was a […]

The Secret of the Void

Several years ago I had a quiet but intense experience at the wedding of a close friend. I was early, and as I sat at my table I watched the other guests entering the room. One came in elated, dancing like a performer on stage. Another was withdrawn, inward, as if mulling over some […]

Jews and Darfur: An Open Letter to the Jewish Community

Dear Friends:
Let me begin by apologizing in advance for what follows. It is not my intention to lecture anyone about anything. I am no tzaddik, to be sure, and I have no right to preach about righteousness to anyone, let alone members of a community who, in many cases, have a moral compass much truer […]