 |
         
|
COMMENTS: Bat-Mitzvah Chutzpah
At the other end of the lifespan, CBS' Assignment America took us to a bat-mitzvah ceremony in Cleveland. Until the '60s, Steve Hartman reminded us, "no girl in their right mind would have had the chutzpah" even to consider such a ceremony. Their brothers were bar-mitzvah'd; a girl's job was to assist the boy. So an entire older generation of Jewish women is alive that has never officially come of age. Hartman was a witness at the Menorah Park synagogue as a class of great-grandmothers, minimum age 89, "finally became adults in their Jewish faith."
READER COMMENTS BELOW:
You must be logged in to this website to leave a comment. Please click here to log in so you can participate in the discussion.
