Truth to be told, dear readers, most people who, like me, were brought up in non-religious, or, at the most, quasi-religious households, thought of the Bar Mitzvah as an event which would result in lots of super presents and a big party in your honour… …with a religious ceremony inconveniently taking place between the presents … Continue reading My Bar Mitzvah: The Actual Bar Mitzvah Itself, 9 August 1975