Bar Mitzvah

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Year Published: 1970

Complete Record: Young boy in suit with shawl read from the torah at a large, wooden podium decorated with Star of Davids. He is flanked by candelabras. This is a Bar Mitzvah. Cut to the same scene, but the boy is replaced by an older man with glasses, suit and shawl. He is flanked by two other men in suits. The boy joins the older man and speaks towards the camera. The man and boy take turns speaking. The boy steps away and a large scroll is rolled up. Cut to the same scene again, but a closer shot and the boy is alone at the podium. To boy, now with a visible yarmulke speaks to man at the podium. The boy bows his head and the man holds his hand above the boy’s head. Cut to the boy speaking alone at the podium, then smiling.