https://www.jwire.com.au/bar-and-bat-mitzvahs-for-victims-of-terrorist-attacks/ Australia, NZ and worldwide Jewish news that matters Tue, 22 Dec 2015 07:30:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.jwire.com.au/bar-and-bat-mitzvahs-for-victims-of-terrorist-attacks/#comment-169765 Tue, 22 Dec 2015 07:30:23 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=58858#comment-169765 Warning : Some might think I’m a wet blanket by the following comments but I feel it’s important to air ones views even if they aren’t mainstream.
Last week we had a mass Bar/Bat Mitzvah of elderly Jews held at a Jewish Old Aged Home in Melbourne. This week it’s a mass Bar/Bat Mitzvah of the kids affected by terrorist violence. The article above doesn’t mention one word about preparation for these children. I was under the impression that a Bar/Bat Mitzvah was becoming ‘A son or daughter of the Mitzvahs’ requiring some studying of Jewish laws and rituals. President Rivlin said “Today you mark the transition from ‘childhood to adulthood’. According to Jewish tradition the Bar Mitzvah event symbolizes the acceptance of personal responsibility and independence”. Is he saying that now the oldies in Melbourne have to accept responsibility and independence? Why are some Jews so determined to make it into a spectacle.

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