Mazel Tov!
Bar/Bat Mitzvah Celebrations
Ellen Braunstein
A The Drossner Family
24 MARCH 30, 2023 | JEWISH EXPONENT
Micah Topche celebrates with his grandparents Gary and Randi Topche
Jay Gorodetzer Photography
nything and everything goes
these days for bar and bat mitzvah
parties, planners say. The common
thread is creating an event that’s
personalized, unique and memorable.

Micah Topche’s family of Center
City rented a gymnasium at Total Turf
Experience in Pitman, New Jersey,
for a party for the adults and teens.

Micah played competitive soccer for
years and wanted to just play sports
– basketball, indoor soccer, volleyball
and more — with his 85 friends at his
bar mitzvah celebration.

His mother, Elle, put together an event
on March 18 that was fun and casual for
his friends and the adult guests.

“They’re a super sporting family,”
said Li Halpern of Li Halpern Events of
Philadelphia, who helped Elle Topche plan
the celebration. “The kids moved from
court to court playing diff erent sports.”
Adults enjoyed cocktails and appetiz-
ers and spent the last two hours of
the party having dinner and dancing.

The dress was casual, “sporty chic,”
according to the invitation, and no
heels that would scuff up the gym fl oor.

Elle Topche wore a black sequined
jogger suit and pink sneakers.

“Micah said he wanted a party that
refl ected him,” she said.

“The week before, we were at a
music theater,” Halpern said of her
clients. “The week before that, we
were in a building that doubles as a
Photo by Jeremy Messler
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