Confessions of a Bar Mitzvah Teacher

user submitted pictureThe Jmerica staff laughed their asses off when they read this article in The Jewish Journal by humorist Ted Roberts. He opines,”teaching 12-year-olds to chant haftarah is like teaching dolphins to sing ‘Ah! Che La Morte Ognora’ from ‘Il Trovatore.'” Our Bar Mitzvah memories are pretty foggy (13-year-olds should not be encouraged to give multiple toasts). What we do know is that soon after, our rabbi quit religion altogether to become a flight attendant. We swear it wasn’t our fault…

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