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Bar Mitzvah at Temple Sinai and Super Awesome Fun Factory

February 10, 2026

Bar Mitzvah Photography at Temple Sinai and Party at Super Awesome Fun Factory Private Arcade in Denver Colorado

I have such a cool bar mitzvah celebration to share on the journal this afternoon. A couple of weeks ago, I met up with this family to photograph their eldest son’s bar mitzvah rehearsal at Temple Sinai. I caught these beautiful photos of them with their family who came to support Liam on his big day. A couple of days later I met up with them again at Super Awesome Fun Factory which is a private warehouse arcade in North Denver full of video games, pinball machines, classic arcade games, and more. They even have a corner to try out some virtual reality games at this unique place. It was such a perfect bar mitzvah party spot and both the kids and the adults seemed to be having a great time there. Below are some of my personal favorites we created together both at the rehearsal as well as at the party.

Mazel tov, Liam!

Nice classic portrait of a young man at his bar mitzvah rehearsal at Temple Sinai in Denver CO

A grandmother gifts her grandson a nice tallit for his bar mitzvah at Temple Sinai

A young man at his bar mitzvah rehearsal at Temple Sinai

A young man at his bar mitzvah rehearsal at Temple Sinai in Denver, CO

Bar mitzvah rehearsal photos with stained glass backdrop at Temple Sinai in Denver, CO

Parents of the bar mitzvah boy hold hands as they watch him at his rehearsal at Temple Sinai in Denver CO

Bar mitzvah rehearsal photo in front of the pretty stained glass window at Temple Sinai in Denver CO

Two young brothers help open the ark at their big brother's bar mitzvah at Temple Sinai

Grandmother holds the torah as they pass it down from the generations at Temple Sinai in Denver CO

Bar Mitzvah boy holds the Torah at his rehearsal at Temple Sinai

A young man carries the Torah around the congregation at Temple Sinai in Denver, CO

Rabbi instructs the bar mitzvah boy at his rehearsal at Temple Sinai

A family supports the bar mitzvah boy as he practices reading from the Torah at his rehearsal at Temple Sinai in Denver, CO

Denver Colorado Bar Mitzvah rehearsal at Temple Sinai

Bar mitzvah boy surrounded by his rabbi and family as he reads from the Torah at his bar mitzvah rehearsal at Temple Sinai in Denver CO

Bar Mitzvah rehearsal photo at Temple Sinai in Denver CO

Bar mitzvah boy reads from the torah with his family and rabbi by his side at Temple Sinai in Denver

A young man reads from the Torah with his family at his side in Denver CO

A young man practices for his bar mitzvah service reading from the Torah at his rehearsal at Temple Sinai in Denver CO

Family on the Bimah together at bar mitzvah rehearsal at Temple Sinai in Denver CO

Family dress and undress the Torah at a bar mitzvah rehearsal at Temple Sinai in Denver CO

Parent speeches as they laugh with their son on the day of his bar mitzvah rehearsal at Temple Sinai

A mother says a prayer at her son's bar mitzvah rehearsal at Temple Sinai in Denver CO

A young man smiles at his bar mitzvah rehearsal in Denver CO

Family portrait for a family of five at their eldest son's bar mitzvah at Temple Sinai in Denver

Bar mitzvah boy holds the Torah with his parents at his side on the day of his bar mitzvah rehearsal at Temple Sinai in Denver Colorado

A young man holds the torah as his family surrounds him at Temple Sinai in Denver, CO

Family photos from a bar mitzvah rehearsal at Temple Sinai in Denver CO

A family portrait at a Temple Sinai bar mitzvah rehearsal in Denver Colorado

Portrait collage of a bar mitzvah boy wearing his tallit at his bar mitzvah rehearsal at Temple Sinai in Denver CO

A family of five with three boys pose for a nice classic family portrait at their oldest son's bar mitzvah rehearsal at Temple Sinai in Denver CO

Super Awesome Fun Factory is a private warehouse arcade full of video games

Classic video game machines at Super Awesome Fun Factory featuring the Big Movie's Zoltar and a Big Lebowski pinball machine

The interior warehouse space of Super Awesome Fun Factory private video arcade in Denver Colorado

A wall of pinball machines with Pacman Decor overhead at Super Awesome Fun Factory in a private warehouse in north Denver

Grandmother plays pinball at her grandson's bar mitzvah party at Super Awesome Fun Factory in Denver CO

Young boy plays air hockey at his big brother's bar mitzvah party at Super Awesome Fun Factory in Denver CO

Kids play a race car driving video game at their big brother's bar mitzvah party at Super Awesome Fun Factory in Denver, CO

Super Awesome Fun Factory games in a private warehouse

Playing pinball at Super Awesome Fun Factory in Denver CO

Two friends play video games together at a bar mitzvah party at Super Awesome Fun Factory in Denver CO

Family play skee ball together at a young man's bar mitzvah party in Denver CO

A father shows his young son how to play pinball at Super Awesome Fun Factory in Denver CO

Kids play a video game at Super Awesome Fun Factory in Denver

A man plays pinball at a bar mitzvah party at Super Awesome Fun Factory in Denver CO

Parents of the bar mitzvah boy play air hockey at his party at Super Awesome Fun Factory warehouse arcade

Kids play video games at Super Awesome Fun Factory private warehouse in Denver

Grandparents play air hockey at their son's bar mitzvah party at Super Awesome Fun Factory in Denver CO

A young man plays foosball at his bar mitzvah party at Super Awesome Fun Factory in Denver CO

Photo collage of people having fun at Super Awesome Fun Factory bar mitzvah party at their private warehouse arcade in North Denver

A cute candid family photo at Super Awesome Fun Factory in Denver CO

A nice outdoor portrait on a winter day at a young man's bar mitzvah rehearsal at Temple Sinai in Denver CO

If your kid is going to be celebrating their bar or bat mitzvah soon, I’d love to photograph it for you. Please check out the MITZVAHS page of my website and reach out!