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Though this issue was written with Bar/Bat Mitzvah plans in mind, locations are suitable for events as varied as weddings, reunions and even business or academic receptions. (You’d be surprised what a special location can do for what otherwise might be a ‘stuffy’ event).
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Imagine holding a special celebration in a huge cave, in a place known as the site of the ancient cities of Maresha and Beit Guvrin.

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The Professor Yitzhak Halbrecht Family Tree Competition for Bar/Bat Mitzvah Students was established to help students aged 11-14 research their family’s roots in depth and enable them to add their family to the database at the Jewish Genealogy Center.
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Standing in the Talmudic era synagogue of Chorazin and looking down at the light blue waters of the Sea of Galilee, 900 feet below, one can’t help but be inspired. Chorazin was one of numerous towns that thrived in the Galilee – after the destruction of the Second Temple.
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What if you could not only memorialize the trip of a lifetime, but get hands-on advice on ‘how, when and where’ to photograph, from an expert? Well, you can.
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This is an oasis at the northern entrance to Tel Aviv. Not only is it a wonderful setting for an event, but one that lends itself to being both an enjoyable setting and an educational one (if one so chooses). Evening events here are particularly special.
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Organizing a Bar/Bat Mitzvah (or any special event for that matter), in another country is no small task. You can do it on your own, or you can hire a company that will take care of everything from A to Z.
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It was the birthplace of the apostles, a village frequented by Jesus (and also cursed by him) – there is literally no other example of an entire biblical era city, intact - anywhere. And it took 17 centuries to definitively establish the exact location of this Iron Age city of Bethsaida.
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