{"id":25907,"date":"2026-05-28T15:45:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T19:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonnisuperphotography.com\/photography\/?p=25907"},"modified":"2026-05-28T15:45:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T19:45:10","slug":"owens-bar-mitzvah-may-21-2026-beth-emeth-the-backyard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jonnisuperphotography.com\/photography\/blog\/2026\/05\/28\/owens-bar-mitzvah-may-21-2026-beth-emeth-the-backyard\/","title":{"rendered":"Owen&#8217;s Bar Mitzvah: May 21, 2026 (Beth Emeth &#038; The Backyard)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #993366;\">Owen&#8217;s Bar Mitzvah: May 21, 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Owen\u2019s bar mitzvah took place at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beby.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #993366;\"><strong>Beth Emeth<\/strong><\/span><\/a> on a beautiful Thursday morning, Toronto summer had officially arrived. Bright blue skies, sunshine everywhere, and not a drop of rain in sight.\u00a0 I took Owen outside the synagogue for a little wander while the parents got everything organized within. I\u2019ve known this kid since he was young, back from his sister\u2019s bat mitzvah days, and it\u2019s been wonderful watching him grow into such a terrific young man.\u00a0 We brought the immediate family outside for photos, and of course one giant extended family shot before heading into the small sanctuary at Beth Emeth. I love this room, it\u2019s cosy, relaxed, intimate, and everyone feels part of the experience.\u00a0 Owen made everyone proud. He read beautifully from the Torah and carried himself with warmth and confidence throughout the ceremony.\u00a0\u00a0Afterwards we headed back to the family home for a spectacular lunch catered by <a href=\"https:\/\/jpfinefoods.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #993366;\"><strong>JP Catering,<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0and some warm speeches, a lovely inclusive atmosphere, and one very proud family celebrating a big milestone.\u00a0 Mazel Tov guys. Way to go.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>The Story of Owen&#8217;s Bar Mitzvah: Selected Photos: <a href=\"https:\/\/jonnisuper.zenfolio.com\/p254844368\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #993366;\">HERE<\/span><\/a><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>All the Photos:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/jonnisuper.zenfolio.com\/f801241295\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #993366;\">HERE<\/span><\/a><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Owen&#8217;s Bar Mitzvah: May 21, 2026 Owen\u2019s bar mitzvah took place at Beth Emeth on a beautiful Thursday morning, Toronto summer had officially arrived. Bright blue skies, sunshine everywhere, and not a drop of rain in sight.\u00a0 I took Owen outside the synagogue for a little wander while the parents got everything organized within. I\u2019ve known this kid since he was young, back from his sister\u2019s bat mitzvah days, and it\u2019s been wonderful watching him grow into such a terrific young man.\u00a0 We brought the immediate family outside for photos, and of course one giant extended family shot before heading into the small sanctuary at Beth Emeth. I love this room, it\u2019s cosy, relaxed, intimate, and everyone feels part of the experience.\u00a0 Owen made everyone proud. He read beautifully from the Torah and carried himself with warmth and confidence throughout the ceremony.\u00a0\u00a0Afterwards we headed back to the family home for a spectacular lunch catered by JP Catering,\u00a0and some warm speeches, a lovely inclusive atmosphere, and one very proud family celebrating a big milestone.\u00a0 Mazel Tov guys. Way to go. . The Story of Owen&#8217;s Bar Mitzvah: Selected Photos: HERE All the Photos:\u00a0HERE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25910,"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-25907","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\/25907","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=25907"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jonnisuperphotography.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25911,"href":"https:\/\/jonnisuperphotography.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25907\/revisions\/25911"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonnisuperphotography.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonnisuperphotography.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonnisuperphotography.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonnisuperphotography.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}