Synopsis
Ethan explains the different traditions involved with his bar mitzvah, including the importance of the Torah and why he is twinning with a boy who lost his life in the Holocaust.
- Programme: Being...
- Series: 1
- Episode: Jewish
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2021
- Religious Education | Judaism | Practices | Rituals
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