Shoah survivor, grandson share bar mitzvah

HENRY and Jerry Feldman woke up very early one morning last month, after experiencing trouble sleeping. They put on their festive clothes and began walking to the Western Wall in Jerusalem.
On the way, 13-year-old Henry memorized his bar mitzvah portion. His grandfather Jerry, 83, did the same.

Yes, Holocaust survivor Jerry Feldman marked his bar mitzvah exactly 70 years after the original date. He celebrated together with his grandson, while marking a personal victory over the Nazis: At the age of 13 he was forced to run for his life, and now he arrives at Israel’s capital city as a winner.

The event was organized by the Conservative movement.

JTA