AJW SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

B’NAI MITZVA

• Include date and synagogue of Bar/Bat Mitzva in the announcement (dates are not printed, but announcements will be run in the paper on the weekend of the event).

• Include geographical locations of relatives if they are living; deceased relatives must be preceded by “the late.”

• Quality photos can be submitted in any size, black and white or color (if you want photo returned, include a self-addressed stamped envelope).

• Digital photos can be attached to an e-mail as either a .jpg or a .tif file with a resolution of at least 200 ppi.

• There is a $10 fee for submitting a Bar/Bat Mitzva announcement with a photo for active AJW subscribers; for non-subscribers, the fee is $30 that includes a one-year subscription to the paper. If there is no photo included, there is no charge (although most Bar/Bat Mitzva announcements are printed with photos).

• Example: Alena Ann Simon, daughter of Kent Simon and Karen Gjerstad and sister of Jane, will be called to the Torah as a Bat Mitzva Saturday at Mount Zion Temple. She will also participate in Friday evening services. Alena is the granddaughter of Mary Gjerstad and Eugene Gjerstad, Bloomington, and Anita Simon, New York, N.Y., and the late Michael Simon.

ENGAGEMENT/WEDDING

• Include geographical locations of relatives if they are living; deceased relatives must be preceded by “the late.”

• Quality photos can be submitted in any size, black and white or color (if you want photo returned, include a self-addressed stamped envelope).

• Digital photos can be attached to an e-mail as either a .jpg or a .tif file with a resolution of at least 200 ppi.

• There is a $10 fee for submitting an engagement/wedding announcement with a photo for active AJW subscribers; for non-subscribers, the fee is $30 which includes a one-year subscription to the paper. If there is no photo included, there is no charge.

• Example: Alice and Jacob Rosenberg, St. Louis Park, and Carmen and Milton Goldstein, Stanwood, Mich., announce the engagement of their children, Melissa Rosenberg and James Goldstein. Melissa is the granddaughter of Marjorie and Louis Applebaum, Minnetonka, and Louise Rosenberg, St. Louis Park, and the late Ross Rosenberg. James is the grandson of Mary Munoz, La Paz, Bolivia, and the late Juan Victor Garcia, and Olive Goldstein, Boca Raton, Fla., and the late Edward Schwartz. Melissa graduated from Cornell College and the University of Minnesota Medical School. She is an endocrinology fellow at the University of Minnesota. James graduated from the University of Michigan, and is a founder of Gold Photography in Minneapolis. A September wedding is planned at Adath Jeshurun Congregation.