“A Manhattan judge has tossed out a lawsuit by a couple claiming they endured ‘humiliation, indignity, distress of mind and mental suffering’ when they weren’t able to have their daughter’s bat mitzvah at The Plaza hotel. … Although the hotel gave the family six months’ notice [of its decision to undergo renovations, making the space unavailable] and repaid their $12,000 deposit on the planned $20,000 bash, the Alenicks claimed it ‘made no effort to compensate for the uniqueness of The Plaza.’” (Dareh Gregorian, New York Post, Jul. 21)(via Lattman).
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“A Manhattan judge has tossed out a lawsuit by a couple claiming they endured ‘humiliation, indignity, distress of mind and mental suffering’ when they weren’t able to have their daughter’s bat mitzvah at The Plaza hotel. …
I thought a bat mitzvah was religious ceremony held in a synagogue; the spiritual, emotional, and socially important elements occur during the religious ceremony and far away from the hotel.
Am I mistaken or have bar and bat mitzvah’s become merely social and networking events for the parents?
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