30 hearing-impaired youth celebrate Bar, Bat Mitzvahs in new initiative
The Wednesday event started at Beit Knesset Nitzanim in Jerusalem’s Baka neighborhood and then continued into the Old City for a tour and ceremony at the Western Wall.
As part of its Judaic Heritage Program for the Deaf and Hearing-Impaired, Young Israel in Israel, together with World Mizrachi and the Jewish Agency for Israel, helped thirty deaf and hearing-impaired youth from throughout Israel celebrate their Bar and Bat Mitzvahs at the Western Wall in Jerusalem(photo credit: NACHSHON PHILIPSON)ByJERUSALEM POST STAFFUpdated:
