1. Jenny: It's my Bat Mitzvah party. I'm 13.

2. The planning for Sophie's bat mitzvah began late by American standards, almost as an afterthought.

3. And mini-poles have even been spotted as dance props at extravagant bat mitzvah parties in suburban precincts.

4. Along with their male counterparts, they are celebrating the bat mitzvah of a classmate in a cushy East Coast suburb.

5. "I'm just a normal Jewish girl, anywhere." 12-year old Sophie Rosen at her bat mitzvah.

6. She found her daughter lying on the floor at a bat mitzvah, surrounded by a group of boys, waiting for her "prince" to come and wake her.

7. They worked hard, but it was worth it: At age 14, Jenny led her own Bat Mitzvah service in English and Hebrew, accomplishing the same goal as the students who did not have a disability.