B'not Mitzvah in Israel

Project Kesher Israel conducted its second annual Bat Mitzvah ceremony on Friday, June 23rd in the Reform community of Mevaseret Zion - a city near Jerusalem. This experience was meaningful for all the parties: for the 14 participants and their families and friends who came to support them it was the first egalitarian Jewish experience, and for the synagogue - it was its first time they served as a welcoming place to those whose lives have changed so much since the beginning of the war in Ukraine. Project Kesher Israel provided the participants, ranging from 12-62 years old, with an intensive 3-month bat mitzvah course before the ceremony.