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Challah.

roomthreeseventeen — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:02:28 -0800

Daniel's Bar Mitzvah Save the Date (SLYT)

By: MrMoonPie

MrMoonPie — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:07:02 -0800

Meetup! Atlanta, GA, at Fernbank Science Center, May 11, 2013.

By: The 10th Regiment of Foot

The 10th Regiment of Foot — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:08:02 -0800

Mazel tov, I'm sure Bubby is so proud. I think it would be awesome if the Internets showed up to this. Challa!

By: tantrumthecat

tantrumthecat — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:09:45 -0800

It's mind-boggling to me, this era of surprisingly slick low-budget video with absolutely godawful amateur audio. With that gut-reaction negativity out of the way, he seems like a nice kid, and it'll likely be a fun to-do.

By: Ad hominem

Ad hominem — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:10:08 -0800

Straight kosher munchin'.

By: availablelight

availablelight — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:12:07 -0800

Privilege: cuter than cats on the internet.

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:13:44 -0800

Ha, cute. Wonder who wrote it?

By: supercres

supercres — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:17:38 -0800

The penicillin rhyme made up for the pork/dork one.

By: hwestiii

hwestiii — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:18:12 -0800

Co-sign: Privilege: cuter than cats on the internet. posted by availablelight at 11:12 AM on February 21 [+] [!]

By: yellowcandy

yellowcandy — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:24:28 -0800

Had it not been for the Shaq, NeYo, and mayoral appearances, this would have been really adorable. But with them, it just seems like a tween flaunting his parents' connections. Let's also hope he does not try to rap his Torah portion.

By: R. Schlock

R. Schlock — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:27:18 -0800

"Every great, authentic piece of musical kitsch . . . is capable of acting as the accompaniment to imaginary catastrophes." --Theodor Adorno

By: griphus

griphus — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:27:37 -0800

But with them, it just seems like a tween flaunting his parents' connections. Man, if at age 12, my parents had the ability to get Trent Reznor, Joey Ramone and Christopher Lambert to appear in a video save-the-date for my Bar Mitzvah, I would flaunt the shit out of those connections in the faces of my friends and the internet at large.

By: kingv

kingv — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:28:46 -0800

I TOTALLY WANT HIM TO TRY TO RAP HIS TORAH PORTION.

By: griphus

griphus — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:29:04 -0800

(But then again I had a Vegas Chapel Wedding equivalent of a Bar Mitzvah so maybe I am not one to talk.)

By: roomthreeseventeen

roomthreeseventeen — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:33:47 -0800

Per this link, the parents don't have any hookups. The celeb appearances happened because of connections of friends of friends. Networking. And Daniel wrote the lyrics himself, with the help of a DJ.

By: Philosopher Dirtbike

Philosopher Dirtbike — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:34:41 -0800

Man, if at age 12, my parents had the ability to get Trent Reznor, Joey Ramone and Christopher Lambert to appear in a video save-the-date for my Bar Mitzvah, I would flaunt the shit out of those connections in the faces of my friends and the internet at large. Yeah, me too. That's why 12-year-olds are insufferable.

By: Behemoth

Behemoth — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:36:54 -0800

Per this link, the parents don't have any hookups. Mr. Blumen has served as counsel to several of the largest U.S. commercial banks and their affiliates. His experience on the lender side ranges from asset-based lending to investment grade, and from rock stars to major airline carriers to portfolio companies of Berkshire Hathaway. Mr. Blumen represents publicly traded and private companies, including several portfolio companies of private equity firms, as borrowers and issuers of debt and quasi-debt securities. His sector experience includes food and beverage, media, aircraft, transportation, retail and consumer services, healthcare, manufacturing, technology, financial services and insurance.

By: roomthreeseventeen

roomthreeseventeen — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:40:07 -0800

Behemoth, that doesn't mean that he knows the people in the video. The ABC link says it happened through friends of friends.

By: theodolite

theodolite — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:40:51 -0800

Mr. Blumen has served as counsel to several of the largest U.S. commercial banks and their affiliates. When this guy starts his own firm I hope he calls it The Blumen Group

By: sendai sleep master

sendai sleep master — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:43:41 -0800

I understand and respect that some may like this and that he might be a nice kid. With that preface I just want to make a quick speech *ahem*..... That, in my opinion, was straight up insufferable and I felt embarrassed after watching it.

By: ennui.bz

ennui.bz — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:44:31 -0800

Per this link, the parents don't have any hookups. The celeb appearances happened because of connections of friends of friends. Networking. And Daniel wrote the lyrics himself, with the help of a DJ. Danny's mom Liz, and dad Rick Blumen are lawyers at Alton & Brown in Atlanta:

Rick Blumen is co-chair of the Global Finance & Debt Products Group and chairman of the firm's Partners' Committee. He represents lead arrangers, lenders, borrowers, private equity firms and underwriters in a variety of finance transactions, including secured and unsecured syndicated credit facilities, private placements, high-yield debt offerings, acquisition financings, recapitalizations, first- and second-lien loans, mezzanine financings and pre-petition workouts and restructurings. Mr. Blumen has served as counsel to several of the largest U.S. commercial banks and their affiliates. His experience on the lender side ranges from asset-based lending to investment grade, and from rock stars to major airline carriers to portfolio companies of Berkshire Hathaway. Mr. Blumen represents publicly traded and private companies, including several portfolio companies of private equity firms, as borrowers and issuers of debt and quasi-debt securities. His sector experience includes food and beverage, media, aircraft, transportation, retail and consumer services, healthcare, manufacturing, technology, financial services and insurance.

While you may serve as a loyal retainer to the gangsters looting this country, at least your kid gets a kick-ass 13th birthday party.

By: availablelight

availablelight — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:47:43 -0800

Per this link, the parents don't have any hookups. The celeb appearances happened because of connections of friends of friends. Networking. Wow. Really? Those two sentences, together? Reads like it was written by a former classmate who tried to argue he was "lower middle class" because his parents' combined income (in Maine, and not Kennebunkport Maine) was "only" 90,000/year. My parents didn't have any "friends of friends" in that category (defined by most of the population as "hookups", like the uncle's fraternity brother who gets you an interview for that i-banking internship), and all the networking in the world would not have made it so.

By: dubold

dubold — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:48:58 -0800

I tell you what, it is a CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY that I can't find any clips of Little Big Fat Bernie Gayle's bar mitzvah online. Safe Men is a tragically underappreciated film.

By: Ad hominem

Ad hominem — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:49:41 -0800

You guys may be right, I thought it was cute at first but now I see how insidious it really is. I can only hope his first act as a man will be to denounce his running dog parents and the robber-barons they serve.

By: MCMikeNamara

MCMikeNamara — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:49:53 -0800

I really wanted to hate this completely, but the "Oy oy oh-oh-oy" bit really won me over.

By: griphus

griphus — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:50:20 -0800

I demand the blood of the dammit ad hom

By: windbox

windbox — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:55:30 -0800

Aw well this is just adorablely awkward and hilarious and- WAIT his family has MONEY? BOOOOOO. Booo this. Let's do background research and see what his parents do for a living so we can scoff harder.

By: HuronBob

HuronBob — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:56:02 -0800

"Rex"..... Hahahahahaha....

By: griphus

griphus — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:57:38 -0800

I would prefer to imagine his parents got these cameos by the iron price.

By: NoMich

NoMich — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:58:59 -0800

I'm reading all of the comments here like that kid raps.

By: The Tensor

The Tensor — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 10:19:00 -0800

I would prefer to imagine his parents got these cameos by the iron price. By taking them off a corpse?

By: benito.strauss

benito.strauss — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 10:27:27 -0800

He's no Rebecca Black.

By: Nomyte

Nomyte — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 10:35:10 -0800

Maybe this is something I'd have to be Jewish to understand, but my bar mitzvah wasn't anything special.

By: chococat

chococat — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 10:35:38 -0800

Horrifying.

By: griphus

griphus — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 10:36:42 -0800

By taking them off a corpse? I once walked into a bar backroom to find Rob Lowe on top of a dead body. After that faitful meeting, the dude did all the "cameos" for me I wanted: at the laundromat, at the grocery store, at work. It was awesome.

By: sendai sleep master

sendai sleep master — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 10:37:32 -0800

Look, I didn't find it insufferable because the kid is well to do. I found it insufferable because I have an allergy to over the top celebrations of live events. It's completely a personal opinion. I get it, really. B'nai Mitzvahs, weddings, etc. are all for the parents and the family and the friends and the community as much as they are for the youth, couple, or whoever else might be center stage. But I always think that all the DJ's and the faux-gangster rap songs and the giant cakes actually make the whole event feel removed from both the people in question AND the community around them. The events become more about the ability of the family in question to pull together an event rather than a celebration of the occasion. Best wedding I ever went to had a 15 minute ceremony, some very casualy yet very loving vows, and a very basic dance-floor in a tent outside with a bar. The most opulent thing at the whole party was the fact that someone managed to get a signed picture of Leonard Nimoy that said "Dear ____ and ______, may your marriage be long and prosperous." So, yeah, ok, I have no ill-will toward this kid, he's twelve for god's sake. I just see things like this and get twitchy regarding how removed they seem from the occasion. Am I any better? Who knows, we'll see when the next time an important event rolls into my life. My opinion on this video isn't about class or politics, it's about how I wish events like this could be irony free zones. Like, I know that weddings etc. havent's been bastions of earnest emotion (history of them being financial institutions etc.) but.... look, I'm babbling..... It's just a stupid video on youtube. I'm gonna go do something important now.....

By: sendai sleep master

sendai sleep master — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 10:43:49 -0800

Me, right now.

By: Ad hominem

Ad hominem — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 10:53:46 -0800

The way I see it, rich people have a responsibility to squander money on caterers, DJs and event halls.I think of it as noblesse oblige. What else should they do, hoard money in gold krugerrands and count it every night before bed? How many mp3s, or records, or cd singles or whatever it is DJs use these days will that buy.

By: Ruthless Bunny

Ruthless Bunny — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 11:05:26 -0800

I think my invite got lost in the mail. BTW, I think the kid is adorable.

By: emjaybee

emjaybee — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 11:05:45 -0800

(Assuming the parents share the politics of their clients) Every dollar spent on this is a dollar not given to a Republican PAC dedicated to taking down Elizabeth Warren and I am ok with that.

By: Rustic Etruscan

Rustic Etruscan — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 11:07:40 -0800

What else should they do, hoard money in gold krugerrands and count it every night before bed? "Good morning to the day - and next, my gold! Open the shrine, that I may see my saint!" - first lines of "Volpone"

By: Bunny Ultramod

Bunny Ultramod — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 11:15:38 -0800

I'm gonna go do something important now..... But not so important that it couldn't be set aside for you to watch the video and then write paragraphs of contemptuous text about it, about life events, and about the creative work of children. I'm not one to question your priorities, but perhaps you should revisit them.

By: slogger

slogger — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 11:20:48 -0800

Enough with all the negative, all you seder haters.

By: Bunny Ultramod

Bunny Ultramod — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 11:22:13 -0800

By the way, I was just reading about Art Garfunkel. He essentially held his bar mitvah hostage while he sang as cantor. For four hours. Insufferable? Probably. Indulgent? Certainly. But without it, we would never have gotten his Golden Globe nominated performance in Carnal Knowledge, and whatever else he might have done.

By: sendai sleep master

sendai sleep master — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 11:31:32 -0800

But not so important that it couldn't be set aside for you to watch the video and then write paragraphs of contemptuous text about it, about life events, and about the creative work of children. I'm not one to question your priorities, but perhaps you should revisit them. The "I'm going to go do something important" was meant to be self depreciating. I know I didn't make it real clear, my apologies for that. I was long winded in my attempt to say basically that something about this hits me the wrong way but I recognize that I am nowhere near above it or better than it and, in fact, can think of very little that I'm doing with my day today that makes me the right person to pinpoint why this strikes me as off-putting. My apologies, folks, for taking up so much space on this thread. While my intention was to perhaps beginning a discussion about why this might have hit me and others in a negative way I recognize that I came off as self-righteous. In conclusion, and to clarify, I'm now going to go do something trivial like look at a cat video.

By: Bunny Ultramod

Bunny Ultramod — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 11:35:57 -0800

Thank you for clarifying, and, if I may recommend a cat video, I give you Waffles' Bar Mitzvah.

By: From Bklyn

From Bklyn — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 11:51:55 -0800

Holla for the Challah! but seriously, some kids' bar mitzvah vid-invite is on the internet? What kind of freaks and jerks is that going to bring out? Much less just all around aggro (people crapping on him from all directions)? Alright, not my thing, making the private public, but still, seriously, I can imagine this not turning out for the best. Which I hope isn't the case. Kid should have a super bar mitzvah, it's his freaking bar mitzvah. I have no idea why this invite is made public is all.

By: mykescipark

mykescipark — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 12:01:15 -0800

without it, we would never have gotten his Golden Globe nominated performance in Carnal Knowledge, and whatever else he might have done. I like to think Art Garfunkel's entire life was merely leading up to the soundtrack of Watership Down.

By: KevinSkomsvold

KevinSkomsvold — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 13:20:57 -0800

sendai sleep master - I'm with you all the way. No need to apologize as far as I'm concerned. You can bag on it and go do something important at the same time.

By: benito.strauss

benito.strauss — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 15:37:13 -0800

Maybe this is something I'd have to be Jewish to understand, but my bar mitzvah wasn't anything special. I, I .... I don't understand this.

By: orme

orme — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 15:45:38 -0800

I'm going to record my own video and start a rap feud with this kid. Yo, Daniel Blumen's bar mitzvah? my rhymes will kill when they hits ya too bad you can't take penicillin cuz my shit is muthafuckin illin

By: ob1quixote

ob1quixote — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:42:09 -0800

From Bklyn: What kind of freaks and jerks is that going to bring out?

Not even crazy people want to drive down to Fernbank on a Saturday. It's probably fine.

By: Perko

Perko — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 22:38:08 -0800

If there's any justice in the world, the 4chan community will crash this party.

By: salishsea

salishsea — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 23:39:25 -0800

Oy...o-o-o-oy!

By: snottydick

snottydick — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 08:31:09 -0800

Yes, but is it good for the Jews?

By: Bunny Ultramod

Bunny Ultramod — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 10:23:02 -0800

How on earth would a group of online trolls disrupting a Jewish ritual to mock a child be justice? I really am not following the logic here.

By: sendai sleep master

sendai sleep master — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:09:35 -0800

The only answer I can up with is that when the trolls show up a golem leaps from the shadow and hulk smashes them back to the internet.

By: griphus

griphus — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:41:57 -0800

Great, my mental image of Anonymous is now a golem with "/b/" written on it.

By: TSOL

TSOL — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 14:31:02 -0800

Great way to instill a sense of unearned self-importance and entitlement. Just what the next generation needs: more 1%-er princelings.

By: 922257033c4a0f3cecdbd819a46d626999d1af4a

922257033c4a0f3cecdbd819a46d626999d1af4a — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 11:38:43 -0800

Ahhh the 1%, is there nothing they won't do for laughs?