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Yesterday my Facebook page and Twitter account blew up with posts about a new bar mitzvah boy, Sam Horowitz. The video of Sam's bar mitzvah -- complete with a a troupe of dancers, a sharp outfit, and a look of pure joy and exhilaration on Sam's face -- is awe-inspiring.
One of the differences between me and my ancestors is that I celebrated my Bar Mitzvah with a picture of Madonna airbrushed on my shirt. In a sense, I dedicated my coming of age to my god, Madonna. It was so comforting knowing that as I became a man, Madonna was on my back.
"Bar Mitzvah Voguer" Shaun Sperling sings "Like A Prayer" with Madonna during the pop star's stop in Chicago on her MDNA tour.
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Shaun Sperling's rendition of Madonna's "Vogue" as performed at his Bar Mitzvah circa 1992 and helping it go viral on YouTube, I received an instant message from a friend of mine. What was so important? He told me, no kidding, that's his friend from college.
A 1992 video from Shaun Sperling's Madonna-themed Bar Mitzvah made its way onto YouTube this week, going viral for young Shaun's enthusiastic interpretation of the famed "Vogue" dance.
