A Month of Friday Nights

Door of Synagogue in Vienna

Ohr Chadasch Synagogue in Vienna

My month of Friday nights began on October 24 at the Montclair Golf Club. There, I attended the Bat Mitzvah of Sydney, a student at the Jewish Cultural School in Montclair. At age 11-12, Sydney already had a vision of her Bat Mitzvah, which was antithetical to her school’s plan that only included community service. She dreamed of chanting Hebrew prayers and reading from the Torah. But first she had to learn how to read Hebrew and daven! That’s how our paths crossed.

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