Brody's Mom: Viral Experience '90 Percent' Positive

Brody Criz’ viral bar mitzvah invite video was written and put together by Xpress Video Productions and was not intended for a worldwide audience, Ali Criz, Brody’s mother, told the Chicago Tribune.

“It didn’t cost as much as people think,” the Deerfield mom of three said. “We were on a budget like anyone else.”

While saying the experience has been about 90 percent encouraging and supportive, Ali responded to notions some have made that the video was a mockery of Judaism.

“We weren’t expecting, obviously, the video to go viral,” she said. “We were not trying to make a statement on Judaism, or offend anybody.”

The video was just supposed to be a gag, something a little unique that other kids weren’t doing when inviting others to their bar mitzvah parties.

But the YouTube hit is now up to nearly 2 million views.

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