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Greatest Hits: Meet the oldest bat mitzvah celebrant in Canada—and one of the youngest

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JL;DR SUMMARY This episode highlights the evolution of the bat mitzvah ceremony in Canada through the stories of Miriam Lieff, who held Canada's first bat mitzvah in 1949, and 12-year-old Naomi Hochman, celebrating hers 100 years after the first in North America. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski.

  • At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself.
  • This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude.
  • Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from.
  • But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
  • And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.
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Jewish Tradition  Jewish Identity  Pandemic  Canada  Bat Mitzvah  Women's Rights  Egalitarianism  Ottawa  Religious Ceremony 

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