A high-end bat mitzvah party in Manhattan turned into a vomit-fest after the bat mitzvah girl’s sister, who suffers from severe allergies, ate a piece of pita.
The girl began projectile vomiting, utterly ruining the swanky celebration.
Her parents, Joel and Holly Kurtzberg, spent more than $53,000 on the party, and have filed a lawsuit over the incident, saying that they specifically requested that only gluten-free and allergy friendly dishes be served.
“We met with them so many times and really emphasized that our [youngest] daughter has celiac disease and a severe nut allergy and a sensitivity to dairy. … We said it so many times, we were like, ‘We’re sorry we’re repeating ourselves,’” dad Joel Kurtzberg said,” the NY Post reported.
The couple’s lawsuit states that the restaurant where the bash was held assured them “that they would take great care in assuring that guests with celiac disease and/or allergies would be able to eat safely at the event.”
Instead of enjoying the bat mitzvah, the parents say they were forced to take care of a sick, vomiting child.
“It’s the only thing you can remember about an event that’s supposed to be a really happy occasion. It was embarrassing for her, she wanted to be celebrating with her sister. By the end she was curled up in a fetal position completely exhausted after vomiting repeatedly,” Mr. Kurtzberg said.
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Gluten free pita bread?? No nuts, no dairy….and only $50,000
With all respect, with that high degree of sensitivity, you gotta be crazy to expose your daughter to a catered event where its virtually impossible to monitor what gets served in a restaurant kitchen where by definition, all of those items are routinely kept and served.
Also, given the family is named in the article, is there any need to subject their daughter to the embarrassment of the gory details of her digestive issues. It would suffice to say she got very ill.
I happen to be a little bit friendly with some of the non-Jewish kitchen staff that come to cater our Simchos. 2 different men from 2 different waitering companies, they both told me that a few times it happened and by mistake they served dairy ice cream after a meat meal. They themselves did not realize it till it was too late.
One time the mistake was that the chocolate was dairy. The Mashgiach was for sure not there by desert time, I don’t know if there was a Mashgiach at the beginning of the party.
Best Advice:
If you have a family member that is allergic to dairy, please go to the kitchen and check to see if the Mashgiach is there, if he is not there, politely ask permission to go to the freezer and check with your own eyes that the ice cream is pareve and also check the chocolate syrup that they pour onto the ice cream that it is in fact pareve. Friday night is usually ice cream. Shabbos by day is usually ices.
If you speak nicely to the workers, they will gladly try to help you.
The chocolate syrup you will probably find in a box or near the counter. They usually do not keep it in the fridge.
$53,000 for a Bas Mitzvah!!!!!! That should be the embarrassment. Who spends a year’s salary ( after taxes) on a birthday party. Yes…. A Bas Mitzvah party is JUST a birthday party. That’s absurd.
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$53,000?😏 Was the food served in golden plates?
The Second is an events space affiliated with 2 non kosher restaurants. I doubt either The Vine or L’Amico have a mashgiach. Assuming it was a kosher affair, with food brought in from a restaurant with a reliable hashgacha, perhaps it was a milchig affair, where one could expect to find dairy and bread, both of which are not good for someone with a dairy allergy, or celiac, and the hashgacha is completely blameless. As for spending $53k on a Bat Mitzvah, in certain circles that is perfectly normal.
“Who spends a year’s salary ( after taxes) on a birthday party”
Who? The people who make that type of money every month
It was fitting for them for this to happen for spending $53,000 on a bas mitzvah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It’s rare to spend that much for even a bar mitzvah (which actually has a meaning to it and is meant to be as fancy as a chasunah)!