Kesher Talk

In New York, homeless Jews celebrate Bar and Bat Mitzvahs. This took place at one of the shuls I attend in NYC (in fact, the only mainstream synagogue I attend regularly - the others are all layled minyans of various shades of scruffiness). Creating an adult Bar/Bat Mitzvah for homeless Jews is exactly the kind of T&V would do. They host free High Holy Days services every year. They have a great rabbi, cantor, actively participating congregants with a high degree of Jewish learning, a relaxed informal atmosphere, and they know tons of Hallel melodies. The only reasons I am not there every week is they start earlier than my other minyans and I am not a morning person, and the others - being layled - offer more leadership opportunities. (I'm not sure there's a correlation, but T&V is also associated with several bloggers: Myself, Zackary Sholem Berger, and David Adesnik's parents are all members.)

UPDATE: Another story about the project.

posted by Judith @ 12/30/2003 11:52:00 PM