NJ STORE CLOSES AFTER A CENTURY OF SERVING BAR MITZVAH BOYS, AND MOBSTERS

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NJ STORE CLOSES AFTER A CENTURY OF SERVING BAR MITZVAH BOYS, AND MOBSTERS
For generations, Sam’s has been the go-to shop for dapper bar mitzvah boys in Essex County.
BY JTA   SEPTEMBER 22, 2018 04:23 

Whippany, N.J. — When Clifford Kulwin celebrated his 13th anniversary as rabbi at Temple B’nai Abraham in Livingston, New Jersey, he knew he had to mention another local institution.

“I understand there are some present who do not consider this a ‘real’ bar mitzvah. To them I have just one word: Sam’s!” he said before opening his suit jacket and pointing to the label sewn into the lining: Sam’s Fine Men’s Clothing in Livingston.

“Eight hundred people there utterly brought down the house,” Kulwin recounted in an email to NJJN.

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