100 European boys and girls celebrate their bar/bat mizvah at the kosel

One hundred boys and girls from Europe celebrated the landmark occasion of their bar/bat mitzvah on Wednesday and Thursday, 29 and 30 Shevat 5778 in Jerusalem, in a festive ceremony held in their honor at the Kosel and Zedekiah’s Cave, also known as Solomon’s Quarries. The bar and bat mitzvah celebrants were joined by guests of honor Rishon L’Tzion HaGaon HaRav Yitzchak Yosef, Chief Rabbi of Israel HaRav Dovid Lau, along with MK Yoav Ben-Tzur; Deputy Mayors of Jerusalem Tzvika Cohen and Moshe Leon; Chief Rabbi of Paris Rabbi Yirmiya Cohen; Director-General of the Ministry of Religion Oded Fluss; Directors of the Center of European Rabbis; and sponsors Mr. Rami Levy and Mr. Moti Sonnenfeld. The adolescents, hailing from countries across Europe including Russia, Ukraine, Italy, Germany, Hung