{"id":3933,"date":"2008-12-17T12:57:14","date_gmt":"2008-12-17T18:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=3933"},"modified":"2008-12-17T12:57:14","modified_gmt":"2008-12-17T18:57:14","slug":"bar-mitzvahs-are-going-green","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/bar-mitzvahs-are-going-green\/","title":{"rendered":"Bar Mitzvahs are Going Green"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"bat-mitzvah\"<\/a>It’s common for bar and bat mitzvahs to have a theme, and the latest trend seems to be green for the reception following this Jewish right of passage ceremony. Haaretz.com<\/a> reports that “scores of Jewish families are beginning to incorporate the [green] trend into their religious lives.”<\/h3>\n

The green them trend isn’t just for their environment, though. Going green helps<\/p>\n

reclaim the significance of a rite of passage that has grown to emphasize the lavish party rather than the religious ritual. <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The lavish parties might have changed focus, but their price tags can still remain steep. A green bar or bat mitzvah done by a professional planner in LA can run anywhere from $20,000 to $500,000. No, I didn’t add an extra zero there. Of course, those are professionally planned parties, and the price tag doesn’t need to be near that amount.<\/p>\n

Kattler Kupetz, an LA green event planner, planned green bat mitzvahs three years ago for her twin daughters and now they have become half of her business. Some of the things she incorporates are:<\/p>\n