{"id":25935,"date":"2026-06-22T14:07:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T18:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonnisuperphotography.com\/photography\/?p=25935"},"modified":"2026-06-22T14:07:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T18:07:55","slug":"zamas-bat-mitzvah-may-30-2026-adath-israel-avenue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jonnisuperphotography.com\/photography\/blog\/2026\/06\/22\/zamas-bat-mitzvah-may-30-2026-adath-israel-avenue\/","title":{"rendered":"Zama&#8217;s Bat Mitzvah: May 30, 2026 (Adath Israel &#038; Avenue)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #993366;\">Zama&#8217;s Bat Mitzvah: May 30, 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">I met Zama a few months earlier while photographing another mitzvah, and I had been looking forward to seeing her again ever since. Being fellow South Africans was a pretty good place to start.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>We met at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adathisrael.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #993366;\"><strong>Adath Israel<\/strong><\/span><\/a> for a rehearsal photo session. We brought out the Torah, did everything we needed to do, and then took a little stroll around the synagogue for some fun photos. Zama is a very special kid with a fantastic personality, and we had a great time together.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Fast forward to party night at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theavenuebanquethall.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #993366;\"><strong>The Avenue<\/strong><\/span><\/a>. The venue has undergone some fantastic renovations over the past few years and has become a beautiful space to photograph. Bright walls, gorgeous lighting, and endless possibilities for great images.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Before the party kicked off, Zama, her mom, and I snuck outside for a few outside photos. We wandered around, laughed a lot, and just had fun. Then her friends arrived and my influence over Zama immediately disappeared, as it should.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>There was plenty of schmoozing before everyone headed into the party. <a href=\"https:\/\/solepowerproductions.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #993366;\"><strong>Sole Power<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0was on deck to take things to the next level, and they absolutely delivered. Great energy, fantastic prizes, impressive speeches, and a packed dance floor from start to finish.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Everyone was thrilled to celebrate with Zama well into the wee hours of the morning.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Way to go, guys. Mazel tov.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>The Story of Zama&#8217;s Bat Mitzvah: Selected Photos: <a href=\"https:\/\/jonnisuper.zenfolio.com\/p908263006\"><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\/f153446988\"><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>Zama&#8217;s Bat Mitzvah: May 30, 2026 I met Zama a few months earlier while photographing another mitzvah, and I had been looking forward to seeing her again ever since. Being fellow South Africans was a pretty good place to start.\u00a0 We met at Adath Israel for a rehearsal photo session. We brought out the Torah, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25978,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bar-mitzvah","category-bat-mitzvah"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonnisuperphotography.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25935","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=25935"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/jonnisuperphotography.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25979,"href":"https:\/\/jonnisuperphotography.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25935\/revisions\/25979"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonnisuperphotography.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonnisuperphotography.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonnisuperphotography.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonnisuperphotography.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}