{"id":25920,"date":"2026-06-04T23:15:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T03:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonnisuperphotography.com\/photography\/?p=25920"},"modified":"2026-06-04T23:15:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T03:15:33","slug":"talis-bat-mitzvah-may-23-2026-temple-emanu-el-donalda-golf-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jonnisuperphotography.com\/photography\/blog\/2026\/06\/04\/talis-bat-mitzvah-may-23-2026-temple-emanu-el-donalda-golf-club\/","title":{"rendered":"Tali&#8217;s Bat Mitzvah: May 23, 2026 (Temple Emanu-el &#038; Donalda Golf Club)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #993366;\">Tali&#8217;s Bat Mitzvah: May 23, 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Tali&#8217;s Bat Mitzvah rehearsal and party was a blast.\u00a0\u00a0We met at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.templeemanuel.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #993366;\"><strong>Temple Emanu-El<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, a synagogue I had not visited in about ten years, but wow, this place delivers. Beautiful rolling lawns, lush gardens, stunning architecture, and endless photo opportunities. It is one of those locations that makes photography feel easy, and I loved it.\u00a0 I took Tali for a little wander around the grounds for her own private photo shoot before inviting her siblings and parents to join us. We even squeezed in a few photos with the grandparents, a spectacular way to wrap up the rehearsal.\u00a0 Fast forward a couple of days to Saturday and the party at the <a href=\"https:\/\/donaldaclub.ca\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #993366;\"><strong>Donalda Club<\/strong><\/span><\/a>. If you recall, this was the day Toronto decided to unleash the heavens. The rain came down in buckets, so outdoor photos were definitely off the table, no matter how tempting the grounds looked.\u00a0\u00a0Instead, I set up my lights in the beautiful sitting room at the club, one of my favourite spots for what I affectionately call &#8216;Sopranos style portraits&#8217;. Today was no exception. We simply had to be <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Sopranos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #993366;\"><strong>The Sopranos<\/strong><\/span><\/a>. There was no other way.\u00a0 Once the photos were done, <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Slinky<\/strong><\/span> from the <a href=\"https:\/\/themagengroup.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993366; text-decoration: underline;\">Magen Boys<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a> grabbed the mic and brought this party downtown in a hurry. Great food, amazing speeches, fantastic music, and all the ingredients needed for a memorable celebration.\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Karen Rachlin<\/strong><\/span> tied everything together beautifully with her organizational skills and calm presence. She made the whole day flow effortlessly.\u00a0\u00a0A wonderful family, a terrific celebration, and one very happy Bat Mitzvah girl.\u00a0\u00a0Mazal 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 Tali&#8217;s Bat Mitzvah: Selected Photos: <a href=\"https:\/\/jonnisuper.zenfolio.com\/p14238515\"><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\/f987957713\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #993366;\">HERE<\/span><\/a><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tali&#8217;s Bat Mitzvah: May 23, 2026 Tali&#8217;s Bat Mitzvah rehearsal and party was a blast.\u00a0\u00a0We met at Temple Emanu-El, a synagogue I had not visited in about ten years, but wow, this place delivers. Beautiful rolling lawns, lush gardens, stunning architecture, and endless photo opportunities. It is one of those locations that makes photography feel easy, and I loved it.\u00a0 I took Tali for a little wander around the grounds for her own private photo shoot before inviting her siblings and parents to join us. We even squeezed in a few photos with the grandparents, a spectacular way to wrap up the rehearsal.\u00a0 Fast forward a couple of days to Saturday and the party at the Donalda Club. If you recall, this was the day Toronto decided to unleash the heavens. The rain came down in buckets, so outdoor photos were definitely off the table, no matter how tempting the grounds looked.\u00a0\u00a0Instead, I set up my lights in the beautiful sitting room at the club, one of my favourite spots for what I affectionately call &#8216;Sopranos style portraits&#8217;. Today was no exception. We simply had to be The Sopranos. There was no other way.\u00a0 Once the photos were done, Slinky [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25923,"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-25920","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\/25920","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=25920"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/jonnisuperphotography.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25924,"href":"https:\/\/jonnisuperphotography.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25920\/revisions\/25924"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonnisuperphotography.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonnisuperphotography.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonnisuperphotography.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonnisuperphotography.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}