{"id":24285,"date":"2025-03-31T14:11:50","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T18:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonnisuperphotography.com\/photography\/?p=24285"},"modified":"2025-04-02T11:45:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T15:45:15","slug":"sams-bar-mitzvah-march-27-2025-jcc-on-bloor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jonnisuperphotography.com\/photography\/blog\/2025\/03\/31\/sams-bar-mitzvah-march-27-2025-jcc-on-bloor\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam’s Bar Mitzvah: March 27, 2025 (JCC on Bloor)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sam’s Bar Mitzvah: March 27, 2025<\/span><\/p>\n

Round two with this awesome family did not disappoint! Sam\u2019s older sister was one of my early Covid bat mitzvahs, so this felt like a full-circle moment. Sam was up and ready to roll bright and early on this Thursday morning. We met at the Miles Nadal JCC<\/strong><\/span><\/a> on Bloor, and wasted no time soaking up the gorgeous spring sunshine for some pre-ceremony pics. A little stroll, a few laughs, add in the parents and siblings and then, it was showtime.\u00a0\u00a0By the time we stepped back inside, the energy was buzzing\u2014people were ready to go! Some quick schmoozing, a few deep breaths, and then Sam took the stage. He read beautifully, and with his whole grade from Paul Penna there in full chorus mode, the vibe was just right. Ceremony? Nailed it.\u00a0\u00a0Next stop: brunch down the hall\u2014because what\u2019s a celebration without great food? Delicious bites, heartfelt speeches, kids zooming around (as they do), and just like that, brunch was a wrap.\u00a0 Sam, you crushed it. Mazel Tov!<\/p>\n

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The Story of Sam’s Bar Mitzvah: Selected Photos: HERE<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

All the Photos:\u00a0HERE<\/span><\/a><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u2022Clothing (Mitzvah): North Boys Don Mills<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022Shoes (Mitzvah): North Boys Don Mills<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022Clothing (Mom): Hangar 9<\/span> \u2002\u2002<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022Florist: Thornhill Market Florist<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022Event Planner: Layla Nasser<\/span>\u2002\u2002<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022Venue: Paul Penna Jewish Day School<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022Caterer: Ely\u2019s Fine Foods<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sam’s Bar Mitzvah: March 27, 2025 Round two with this awesome family did not disappoint! Sam\u2019s older sister was one of my early Covid bat mitzvahs, so this felt like a full-circle moment. Sam was up and ready to roll bright and early on this Thursday morning. We met at the Miles Nadal JCC on Bloor, and wasted no time soaking up the gorgeous spring sunshine for some pre-ceremony pics. A little stroll, a few laughs, add in the parents and siblings and then, it was showtime.\u00a0\u00a0By the time we stepped back inside, the energy was buzzing\u2014people were ready to go! Some quick schmoozing, a few deep breaths, and then Sam took the stage. He read beautifully, and with his whole grade from Paul Penna there in full chorus mode, the vibe was just right. Ceremony? Nailed it.\u00a0\u00a0Next stop: brunch down the hall\u2014because what\u2019s a celebration without great food? Delicious bites, heartfelt speeches, kids zooming around (as they do), and just like that, brunch was a wrap.\u00a0 Sam, you crushed it. Mazel Tov!   The Story of Sam’s Bar Mitzvah: Selected Photos: HERE All the Photos:\u00a0HERE \u2022Clothing (Mitzvah): North Boys Don Mills \u2022Shoes (Mitzvah): North Boys Don Mills \u2022Clothing (Mom): […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24303,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bar-mitzvah","category-bat-mitzvah"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonnisuperphotography.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonnisuperphotography.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonnisuperphotography.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonnisuperphotography.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonnisuperphotography.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24285"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/jonnisuperphotography.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24310,"href":"https:\/\/jonnisuperphotography.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24285\/revisions\/24310"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonnisuperphotography.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonnisuperphotography.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonnisuperphotography.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonnisuperphotography.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}