My big, fat $10 million bat mitzva (attend, Jewish, verse, Article)

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My big, fat $10 million bat mitzva

It's already been dubbed mitzvahpalooza - the bat mitzva to top all bat mitzvas.

At a price tag estimated at just over $10 million, and a music lineup that included the likes of Aerosmith, Tom Petty, and rapper 50 cent, Long Island teen Elizabeth Brook had a coming of age party on November 26 to fulfill any Jewish princess's dream.

Her father, defense industry tycoon David Brooks, was rumored to have told planners to "spare no cost" on a party so lavish it required two floors of New York hot spot The Rainbow Room to host Elizabeth's 300 guests.

The 50-year-old Brooks was the highest-grossing executive in Long Island last year, pulling in $72.6 million as chairman of defense contractor DHB Industries. Planners said that Brooks insisted on overseeing every last detail of the event, down to the concert-worthy stage equipment he had hauled in for the show.

And what a show it was, said one attendee, who sampled hors d'oeuvres to the strains of Kenny G's soprano sax before The Eagles' Don Henley and Joe Walsh, rap diva Ciara, and Fleetwood Mac's Stevie Nicks kicked off the night's musical performances. The main bill featured Tom Petty, Aerosmith and 50 cent, who apparently worked the lyrics, "Go shorty, it's your bat mitzva, we gonna party, like it's your bat mitzva" into his set.

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