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Bar
None: Photos & Highlights from the Ari
Goldberger
Family's Celebration of Life
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As I told you
in my last
Lowdown post, when I was getting
ready to head out for Cherry Hill, New
Jersey to attend this past weekend's
bar mitzvah for
Ari Goldberger's son Josh,
I was expecting the kind of BIG
production that Ari is known for. Even so, the
event wound up far exceeding my
already high expectations.
I am especially
happy that my wife Diana and I got to witness
the bar mitzvah ceremony itself in the
Congregation M'Kor Shalom sanctuary. It
put everything we saw at the truly amazing party
that followed into perspective.
Above: Guests were asked
not to disrupt the 5:30pm Saturday (June 15,
2013) ceremony by taking photos in the
sanctuary, but just before it began
multiple generations of the Goldberger family
gathered in the foyer where this shot was taken.
13-year-old Josh Goldberger is
third from the left in the gold vest.
Those in the sanctuary included several
survivors of the holocaust (including Ari's own
family members whom he eloquently discussed in a
2006
DNJournal Cover Story). In the most
emotional part of the bar mitzvah ceremony
Josh's grandparents passed the Torah Scroll to
Josh's parents, Ari and Sharon, who in turn
passed it on to Josh. The rabbi described what it
meant to see survivors from a generation that
saw millions of their people
exterminated on stage now to see
their heritage and traditions passed on to
their children and
their children's children who have a
bright and unlimited future
ahead of them. This night when young Josh
officially became a man was a night to celebrate life - and
the celebration that followed had all of the
joy (and more) that you could
imagine would accompany such a meaningful
occasion.
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Above:
After the ceremony guests went to the
Westin Mount Laurel
Hotel for
Josh's big Bar Mitzvah Party. When they arrived
they were greeted by this huge
James Bond
themed photo op wall set up in the lobby. The
three secret agents in the center of the circle
include Josh
Goldberger
(left) and his father
Ari Goldberger
(middle). The 0615 Goldberger logo reflected the
June 15 date for the big event.
At right:
Ari
Goldberger
with his longtime partner, friend and fellow
domain industry leader
Larry Fischer
(left).
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Above:
The party was
spread over
multiple
ballrooms
at the Westin, including separate rooms
where children were entertained
throughout the evening. For the adults
the evening began in the cocktail hour
room with great food, drink and a live
combo. The black tie event created an
atmosphere that seemed straight out of a
James Bond movie.
At left: Adding to the illusion,
characters
from the Bond films,
including dead ringers for the Sean
Connery and Daniel Craig versions of agent 007, villains
like OddJob and Jaws and the iconic
golden girl
from
Goldfinger
(seen here with Ari Goldberger)
circulated among the crowd and created
some especially memorable photo
opportunities.
Below: Five guys from the sizable domain
industry contingent that came to Cherry
Hill to share this major life event with
the Goldberger family included
(left to right)
Ron Jackson,
Stevan Lieberman,
Jason B. Schaeffer,
Scott Ross
and
Steven Kaziyev.
Ron and Scott came up from Florida,
Stevan Lieberman flew in from Los
Angeles and Steven Kaziyev arrived from
New York.
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Above: With
friends crowded around
Josh Goldberger,
with his mother
Sharon,
conducted a moving
candle lighting
ceremony.
At right:
Ari
Goldberger
congratulates his son
Josh
on a great job done at the Bar
Mitzvah ceremony earlier in the
evening (hours of study and
preparation went into that).
Below: In a
high point of the evening,
reflecting Ari's soaring
spirits, he was lifted into the
air and spun around in a
traditional
hora dance
that had everyone on their feet.
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Above:
Steven Kaziyev and
Diana Jackson put their hands
in the air on the dance floor.
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Below: As
much as Ari had already
delivered, including a great
Bond-like mini-movie showing
Josh's journey to that special
point in time, he had something
else up his sleeve. When Ari
throws a party, odds are there
is going to be a celebrity
sighting.
The crowd
(especially its younger members)
went ballistic when rap/hip hop
star
Sean Kingston
showed up
and delivered an impromptu
live
concert.
You did not want to be caught
near the front of the stage when
the crush began!
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After Sean
Kingston departed, the party
went on with dancing and
desserts - a phenomenal
procession of rich after dinner
delights that could cause you to
gain five pounds from just
looking at
them. When it was all said and
done a lot of people left with
the feeling that nothing would
ever top this
Hollywood level production. And
maybe nothing will, but as long
as Mr. Goldberger is still
around I wouldn't bet on
it...and who knows what
Josh (and his children
and his children's children)
have in store? There will be
much more life to
celebrate as the
decades ahead unfold.
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(Posted June
17, 2013) |
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