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Looking back, my party was never exactly going to be a rager.
There was a DJ and a photobooth and giant centerpieces of calicos and Russian blues on the tables.
13.Keeping Up With the Steins(2006)
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Ben (Spy Kids Daryl Sabara, who was studying for his real bar mitzvah at the time!)
is forced to have a ridiculously elaborate party because his parents are jealous of their friends wealth.
There are fistfights, ruses, and a performance by Neil Diamond.
12.13: The Musical(2022)
12.
It goes swimmingly, and Gordo gets to look cool in front of Lizzie.
Not the most memorable episode of the Disney Channel show, but a sweet one nonetheless.
10.New Girl(Season 3, Episode 16 Sister)
10.
Of course Nick and Schmidt would totally ruin a bat mitzvah with their antics.
But these are theNew Girlguys, after all, so its also somehow totally charming.
9.A Serious Man(2009)
9.
Luckily he makes it through, but its touch-and-go there for a while.
High or not, its a terrifying and exhilarating experience.
8.Curb Your Enthusiasm(Season 6, Episode 10 The Bat Mitzvah)
8.
Would you ever expect an important event to go smoothly onCurb?
7.Hey Arnold(Season 2, Episode 15 Harolds Bar Mitzvah)
- ends up dancing to the Hora.
6.The Simpsons(Season 15, Episode 6 Today I Am a Clown)
6.
The resulting event, a.k.a.
Krusty the Clowns Wet n Wild bar mitzvah, is such a spectacle Mr. T attends!
that he sells it to Fox as a TV special.
Alls well that ends well for the Jews of Springfield!
5.Big Mouth(Season 1, Episode 9 I Survived Jessis Bat Mitzvah)
5.
The whole 2017 episode is a chaotic and cringy delight, just like the show itself.
4.Pen15(Season 2, Episode 9 Bat Mitzvah)
4.
Thats Judaism for you theres no celebration without some good ol sadness, too.
3.Cha Cha Real Smooth(2022)
3.
But oh, are those bar and bat mitzvah scenes done well.
Its cute, its cringy, and its heartwarming, just as these events should be.
2.Crazy Ex-Girlfriend(Season 2, Episode 10 Will Scarsdale Like Joshs Shayna Punim?)
1.You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah(2023)
1.
What a fantastic year its been for films about preteen Jewish girls in the suburbs.
Coming four months after the excellentAre You There God?
They understand that middle school is scary enough without also being told youre on the brink of adulthood.
And to that, we say Lchaim.
