CELEBRATING THE ANNIVERSARY OF MY BAR MITZVAH
IT ALMOST DIDN’T HAPPEN BECAUSE I WAS A HEBREW SCHOOL TRUANT January 9th brings back a very special memory for me, the anniversary of my Bar Mitzvah. It took place six decades ago during a blizzard, because that was the worst date to have it in wintery Syracuse, New York. Nobody wanted it. That was the date I was stuck with because I had been a Hebrew school truant. A bus would pick me up several days a week after my regular school at T. Aaron Levy Junior High School to trans
