{"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, 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.\u00a0 Fast forward to party night at The Avenue. 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.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 There was plenty of schmoozing before everyone headed into the party. Sole Power\u00a0was on deck to take things to the next level, and they absolutely delivered. Great energy, fantastic prizes, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25978,"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-25935","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\/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}]}}