The Sarajevo Synagogue saw on Friday its first bar mitzvah after many years, when a 13-years-old Sarajevan reached his religious adulthood and became a full-fledged member of a Jewish community which for decades saw a decline in membership.
“This Erev Shabbat will be special because our Ytzhaka Martincevic Kolonomos is celebrating his bar mitzvah,” the Jewish Community announced.
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The Jewish Community announced the bar mitzvah on Facebook as a “great event.”
Bar mitzvah is a Jewish coming of age ritual for boys, whereas bat mitzvah is the equivalent for girls who celebrate it when they are 12.
Bosnian-born U.K. baroness Arminka Helic welcomed the event on her Twitter account, noting that she received photos of the ceremony from friends in Sarajevo.
A photo just received form a friend in #Bosnia. After many years a #BarMitzwah is taking place in the Synagogue in #Sarajevo. To the fellow Bosnian sending best wishes and mazel tov to you as you celebrate your #Barmitzwah ! pic.twitter.com/EAz1PkBrub
— Arminka Helic (@arminkahelic) May 28, 2021
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