Arnold Pepperman Twinned his
2nd Bar Mitzvah with Arnold Prajs
The Rabbi did an amazing sermon in shul incorporating all the information I had researched about little Arnold and his family. It was so touchin…
Arnold Pepperman Twinned his
Olivia Fass Twinned
with Hanna Florsheim
As part of my Bat Mitzvah, I decided to twin with a young victim of the Holocaust who tragically was unable to celebrate her Bat Mitzvah. Hanna Florsheim was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1932,
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Millie Ash Twinned
with Amalya Malinka Leder
I feel incredibly lucky and privileged to have found Malinka’s relatives and know that she will be with me on my Bat Mitzvah journey
The Yad Vashe…
Masie Barnett Twinned
with Mary de Jongh
Maisie and I researched everything we could and tracked down a best friend of her 'twin'.
I took part in Yad Vashem UK’s Twinning project.…
Emily Lenchner Twinned
with Susannah Apteker
Our daughter Emily Maia Lenchner had her Bat Mitzvah ceremony at Chigwell & Hainault Synagogue on 21 July 2018.
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Leora Moher Twinned
with Alice Chana Grunwald
I had my Bat Mitzvah in July 2019. For my Bat Mitzvah, I twinned with Yad Vashem UK Foundation. They twinned me with a girl named Alice Chana Grunwald, a surname that my family also used. Sadly, Alice Chana did not survive to celebrate her Bat Mitzvah, as she perished at Auschwitz.
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Ella Kaufman Twinned
with Ruth Shafir
I was very happy to meet you at my home and that you wish to commemorate my sister Ruth. For your Bat Mitzvah, you have chosen a project to remember a young girl of about your age who perished in the Holocaust
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Talia Grossbard Twinned
with Rebeka Grosbard
I have decided to twin with a young victim of the Holocaust who, tragically, was unable to celebrate this milestone in Jewish life, and who happens to be a distant relative of mine.
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Louis Kirsch Twinned
with Jeno Breuer
Louis Kirsch twinned his Bar Mitzvah, using the occasion to remember Jeno Breuer - who was born in Hungary in 1931 and perished in the Holocaust before he could turn 13.
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Samuel Zeidman Twinned
with Naftula Orlowski
Now that I am a guardian of Nutek’s memory, I will make sure he is never forgotten, and when I will read in shul, I will do it partially also for him.
A …
Barney Leboff Twinned
with Carol Smulovici
Barney Leboff, from Shenley wanted to do something more than leyn from the Torah for his Bar mitzvah, so he twinned his Bar Mitzvah with Carol Smulovici, a young Romanian boy who was murdered during the Holocaust.
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Sammy Rebello Twinned
with Samuel Swaab
‘It is amazing to share my Bar Mitzvah with all of you. But now, I want to tell you about a special boy who never had the chance to become bar mitzvah. …