The boys and their classmates, all of whom lived in an orphanage in the town near Kyiv, were part of an annual Bar Mitzvah ceremony for orphan boys made possible by the Colel Chabad social services.
Just weeks after being forced to flee their homes in the town of Zhytomyr, Ukraine, a group of 13-year-old boys participated in an emotional Bar Mitzvah celebration at the Western Wall on Monday. The boys and their classmates, all of whom lived in an orphanage in the town near Kyiv, were part of an annual…
'These boys whose lives were in complete turmoil amidst a brutal war just a few weeks ago are now blessed to celebrate their bar mitzvas at this holiest and most special of places.'
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