Actually, the Tombs—aka the Manhattan Detention Complex— doesn't really allow bar (or bat) mitzvahs to be thrown there, which is why Corrections Department officials, including a rabbi and imam, were disciplined for allowing one inmate to throw his son's bash there. The Post reports that Tuvia Stern, a "financial scam artist," got the okay to "use his own caterer, who supplied kosher food, china, forks -- and knives -- for about 60 guests who partied and danced the hora for six hours in the jailhouse gym. Stern's family and friends were allowed to keep their cellphones -- normally a huge security no-no. And Stern was given the OK to dress in clothing appropriate for the occasion." Corrections Commissioner Martin Horn was reportedly "livid"—guess finding out that the department paid for the overtime of guards who were staffed at the event wasn't fun.





If "Arrested Development" was still on, they maybe would have worked this into an episode.
Is there a precedence for this?
I wonder how many people Stern paid off to do this.
i bet if he was black or latino they would of never let him have his bar mitzvah behind bars.
yeah, well blacks and latinos aren't really known for their extravagant bar mitzvah's are they?
Un-be-farking-lievable.......our tax dollars at work.
But those Bat Mitzvahs, oy!
Whoever said jews didn't know how to throw a good time..... were right. The tombs? seriously?
Oy vey! It's a shonda!