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"Coming of Age in Seattle": An Exhibit About the Pacific Northwest Bar/Bat Mitzvah as Communal Rite of Passage

Monday, April 7, Runs the entire month of April

On the occasion of our 13th annual "Bar Mitzvah" year, WA State Jewish Historical Society, SJFF and MOHAI collaboratively present an exhibit by, for and about this most-recognized of Jewish life-cycle events. Learn how our community marks this rite-of-passage. See a Mount Rainier Bar Mitzvah invitation, read a moving 1944 Bar Mitzvah speech in Ladino and English, and enjoy a digital slide-show with tons of dignified family and Torah poses from today and yesteryear.

Exhibit on display for the entire month of April. Free with Festival or MOHAI admission. Location: MOHAI Knight Gallery, downstairs as you enter the auditorium.

SJFF thanks the WA State Jewish Historical Society, MOHAI and coordinator Mimi Sternberg for their tremendous efforts.