Word: mitzvah
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Nick B. Sylvester ’04 has come a long way from his high school days, when his main contribution to the musical world came from his jazz trumpet at the occasional bar and bat mitzvah. A year after passing one last time through Johnston Gate, Sylvester is now well on his way to becoming a gatekeeper himself for the underground music community...
...first time I had written about the Holocaust in eight years—my Bat Mitzvah speech had presented my grandparents’ stories. But here I was, not only amassing information, but also forming something new. I was excited to have finally found a topic I could treat in a new and meaningful way. Here was something I knew, something I could explore, and something I could write about from my own experience...
...Bar/Bat-Mitzvah Institute is also meant to serve as another way to introduce Hillel to the community at large. Organizers say requiring students’ families to become part of the Hillel congregation will enhance the benefits of the bar- and bat-mitzvah education process...
...other words, might I be safeguarded against the unhappiness they met in their older age? Masha’s tastefully decorated condominium bears witness to her life as a younger wife and mother, and as she tearfully showed me her son’s yellowed but once glorious Bar Mitzvah photographs, I remarked on the apparent beauty and happiness of the well-heeled guests. She didn’t explicitly disagree with me, but her shaking voice just said, for the third time that afternoon, “Refugees. They’re all refugees...
...Callbacks, who also performed at New’s daughter’s Bat Mitzvah last spring, sang three songs, all of which were punctuated by personal speeches and toasts from friends of Summers. They began with “Sunday Morning,” a popular song by Maroon 5, then sang a new take on a classic, “Ain’t No Sunshine (When He’s Gone),” and finally, “Happy Birthday...