Synopsis
An American family travel to Masada to have their children's Bat-Mitzvah and Bar-Mitzvah.
- Programme: Sacred Wonders
- Series: 1
- Episode: 2
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2019
- Religious Education | Judaism | Practices | Rituals
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