Bar Mitzvah Boy Collects close to $25,000 for charity

Several weeks ago, I read a story in the Oregonian about a local boy who inspired donations of almost $25,000 for cancer research. Will Rosenfeld celebrated his Bar Mitzvah in May, 2009. He had lost several grandparents to cancer and had been particularly close to a grandfather who had died three years prior.
Prior to [...]

Read Full Post »

Attending a Bar Mitzvah

This past weekend, I attended a Bar Mitzvah of a boy in our community. It was a lovely service and quite intimate since it was held  at a local hotel easily accessible to all of the guests from out of town. About a half an hour after I arrived,  a woman sat in the row [...]

Read Full Post »