<p>My daughter had her entire middle school class- many kids were not Jewish at her bat mitzvah and all the boys wore kippas. You can order them in different colors and guests are free to take them with them. Many people order them for their ceremonies. </p>
<p>Really, unless someone just isn’t comfortable wearing one, there really isn’t any reason not to. </p>
<p>If it is a buffet, then guests can pick what they want.
I hope the pork is labeled :@) </p>
<p>Enjoy, this is your family’s special day. </p>
<p>I just want to know what diddy reese cookies are and if I can come by and have some bbq? Congrats, Bevhills!</p>
<p>@momof3sons, how about scallops wrapped in bacon? The only thing missing being a cream sauce. B-) </p>
<p>^^^Are you trying to torture us? I’m headed to the store for scallops, lol.</p>
<p>Wow, that dinner sounds good. Lucky guests!</p>
<p>Then mentioning of Texas BBQ reminds me of the Salt Lick at Driftwood, Texas.</p>
<p>There was an old new york times article about Texas BBQ .</p>
<p><a href=“The Open-Pit Barbecue: A Texas Tradition in Good Hands - The New York Times”>http://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/13/garden/the-open-pit-barbecue-a-texas-tradition-in-good-hands.html</a></p>
<p>The Rudy’s is also good enough for me if I do not want to drive all the way to Driftwood. Do not expect any up-scale atmosphere at either place though (At the Rudy’s, the BBQ food is served on a piece of paper, not on a dinner plate. I guess many people here would not appreciate this kind of style.)</p>
<p>Thinking of you! And I am wondering-- did MOB designate who is leading the bensch? I hope there are some rowdy ex-Jewish campers present!</p>
<p>UCLA peeps are drooling over the mention of Diddy Reese cookies 
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<p>What a great menu! Hope events continue to unfold smoothly! Best wishes to the happy couple.</p>
<p>Back to an up-thread topic regarding communion in the Catholic Church… Is it offensive to Catholics if a non-Catholic takes communion during a funeral, for instance? I know someone who takes communion at Catholic services even though she isn’t Catholic and I’ve always wondered how this is viewed by Catholics.</p>
<p>Not that I have any expertise in Catholicism, but I’m pretty sure that Catholic communion is for Catholics, and that it would be disrespectful to take their communion if one isn’t. </p>
<p>I’ve been to many ceremonies such as weddings, christening new babies, at Catholic churches, and I think they prefer that non-Catholics sit quietly while others get up to take communion. However, guests are welcome to participate in other aspects of the service if they wish, or to just sit quietly. </p>
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<p>Diddy Reese cookies. (If you dare). Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm</p>
<p>Yes…that’s ice cream.</p>
<p>Definitely some can-u-top-them with Kippahs. Son’s Bar Mitzvahs were blue suede with silver lining. They arrived without the trim, and I had them redone. I have a drawer full going back 30 years, of Bar/Bas Mtzvahs and weddings. </p>
<p>Yep, meat and milk, let alone pork, not exactly a welcome mat for Conservorthodox folks. I don’t think this before the wedding party was meant for the future in-laws. </p>
<p>I do think Catholics only want to see Catholics take communion in their churches. It’s their ritual with their “rules”. Although one of my moms best friends was a catholic priest and he officiated at the funeral of a very close friend. He told my mother he would never turn her (a Protestant) away from communion! But I think he was bending the rules and doing what was “right” instead of what was prescribed. </p>
<p>Congrats and have a great weekend ellebud! </p>
<p>I was encouraged to take communion at Westminster Cathedral in London. I was surprised but it was Xmas eve and I was not going to turn down wine. I think they are Episcopalian, a British version of the Catholic Church.</p>
<p>@consolation LOL!!!</p>
<p>Westminister Cathedral is Church of England (or Anglican Church) which is the “parent” church of the Episcopal Church. As such, any baptized Christian is welcome to take communion.</p>
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<p>It is. You shouldn’t do it. And a funeral, where feelings are already so raw, is a particularly bad place to violate the family’s and their church’s sincere beliefs.</p>
<p>Anglicans are not Catholic. The Anglican church is the British parent of the Episcopalian church. Anglicans/Episcopalians and Catholics share many beliefs, but differ about Holy Communion.</p>
<p>I was raised catholic, But I married an Episcopalian and we raised our kids as Episcopalians. He would have had to take classes to convert and all I had to do after all that Catholic school was say I wanted to be Episcopalian.</p>
<p>Catholics still believe in transubstantiation. I think this is why there is the rude practice of denying communion to those who are not Catholics. There’s a huge ceremony to make the first communion in the Catholic faith. We all wore white dresses and got our 14K gold crosses. All of us. </p>
<p>I find the practice of allowing all who wish to participate in communion much more in keeping with the spirit of the last supper, myself. </p>
<p>I’ve never seen my husband go to a jewish religious ceremony without putting on a kippah. We lived in such a jewish area that we attended many over the years.</p>
<p>Your menu sounds amazing! I hope you have enjoyed yourselves immensely. </p>
