what NOT to give for a bar or bat mitzvah

November 10, 2010

Oy Vey: Tips to Non-Jews About Bar & Bat Mitzvah Giving

I received an email from an old friend not too long ago. She sounded kinda panicky:

Renna:

I have been invited to go to a Bat Mitzvah in NYC for a co-worker’s daughter. What do I give? Help!

Jenna 🙂

That Jenna. She brought me right back to October 25, 1979 when I celebrated my own bat mitzvah in Syracuse, New York. …