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A new take on a long-standing rite of passage

Lauren Sonnenberg December 18, 2013

My Bat Mitzvah was a really big deal to me; I’d attended Hebrew school twice a week since first grade, I’d learned the bare minimum of a new language and had studied for months before the big day....

Asking tough questions

Rachel Schwartz April 25, 2013

When my moms and I landed in Tel Aviv last year over winter break I met an old man in traditional Orthodox Jewish garb in line at the airport cafe. He saw me looking at the ice cream flavors and said to...

Facebookers worship odd religions

Chronicle Staff February 12, 2008

By Billy Goulston Lauren Gaba ’08 was raised Jewish. She received a Bat Mitzvah and infrequently attends temple. Despite her Jewish heritage, she has adopted a different religion to display on her...

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