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Musings from Students of the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem

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To Be A Bat Mitzvah in Jerusalem

Posted on June 25, 2017 by Eliana Phansapurkar

To be a Bat Mitzvah in Jerusalem, for an Indian woman in her 20s felt like a dream as women are not obliged to do so in my traditional Bene Israeli Community. I always wanted to read from the Torah and have a Bat Mitzvah ceremony. For nine months at Pardes I prepared to chant Continue Reading »