Tabatha Vale-Harris Twinnedwith Lea Volf - Yad Vashem

It was important to me to help a child who was not able to have a Bar or Bat Mitzvah

Tabitha had her Bat Mitzvah 29th August 2020

“It was important to me to help a child who was not able to have a Bar or Bat Mitzvah. I was able to finish what they never had. I know that I am privileged to celebrate this occasion and I am so happy that I was able to share it with someone else and keep their memory alive. I read from the Torah my Grandfather brought with him on the Kindertransport, I know that he would have been proud and happy I did the twinning programme”

See how others have reached their goal as our
Bar Mitzvah and Bat Mitzvah kids are sharing their stories.

Aaron was Twinned
with Aron Eisenberg

Aaron celebrated his Bar Mitzvah on 27 July 2024

Harry was Twinned
with Jechiel Dymant

Harry celebrated his Bar Mitzvah on 11 May 2024

Beatrice was Twinned
with Sara Grodzik

Beatrice celebrated her Bat Mitzvah on 20 April 2024

Eliora was Twinned
with Bella Stolper

Eliora celebrated her Bat Mitzvah on 26 May 2024

Reuven was Twinned
with Reuven Tzukerman

Reuven celebrated his Bar Mitzvah on 4 May 2024

Ethan was Twinned
with Yehoshua Sheinman

Ethan celebrated his Bar Mitzvah on 13 April 2024

Rachel was Twinned
with Rella Buchwalter

Rachel celebrated her Bat Mitzvah on 2 March 2024

Isaac was Twinned
with Isaac Eskenazi from Paris

Isaac celebrated his Bar Mitzvah on 29 July 2023

Sophia was Twinned
with Alitza Fruma Mimi Shlezinger – Alice

Sophia celebrated her Bat Mitzvah on 11 November 2023 at Chigwell and Hainault Synagogue

Orli was Twinned
with Ora Spiegel

Orli celebrated her Bat Mitzvah on 13 December 2023

Jordan was Twinned
with Yakov Lozavik

Jordan celebrated his Bar Mitzvah on 28 October 2023

Ari was Twinned
with Chaim Karnovsky

Ari celebrated his Bar Mitzvah on 11 November 2023

Ethan was Twinned
with Leib Burko

Ethan celebrated his Bar Mitzvah on 4 November 2023

Shai was Twinned
with Shai Kikin

Shai celebrated his Bar Mitzvah on 14 September 2023 at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Manchester

Sara Twinned
with Sara Pozherski

Sara celebrated her Bat Mitzvah on 21 October 2023

Marnie Twinned
with Ginendel Kasher

Marnie celebrated her Bat Mitzvah on 2 September 2023 at Hadley Wood Synagoguw

Gabby Twinned
with Gitta Szlezinger

Gabby celebrated her Bat Mitzvah on 15 July 2023

Zoe Twinned
with Menukha Chaia Perlman

Zoe celebrated her Bat Mitzvah on 3 June 2023

Zac Twinned
with Zakharia Moshe Scheuer

Zac celebrated his Bar Mitzvah at Chigwell and Hainault Synagogue on 1st July 2023

Harrison Twinned
with Khaim Udler

Harrison celebrated his Bar Mitzvah at Stanmore Synagogue on 24 June 2023

Sophie Twinned
with Shoshana Skronda

Sophie celebrated her Bat Mitzvah at Radlett Synaogoue on 31 March 2023

Leo Twinned
with Chaim Felsenstein

Leo celebrated his Bar Mitzvah at Radlett Synaogoue on 25 March 2023

Zack Twinned
with Tzvi Reif

Zack celebrated his Bar Mitzvah at Chigwell and Hainault Synagogue on 11 February 2023

Jacob Twinned
with Akiva Shlezinger

Jacob celebrated his Bar Mitzvah at Chigwell and Hainault Synagogue on 28 January 2023

Isaac Twinned
with Ytzkak Raikh

Isaac celebrated his Bar Mitzvah at Mill Hill Synagogue on 7 January 2023

Geoff Twinned
his 2nd Bar Mitzvah
with Nachum Kagan

Geoff celebrated his 2nd Bar Mitzvah at Chigwell and Hainault Synagogue on 7 January 2023

Reuben Twinned
with Reuven Dicker

Reuben celebrated his Bar Mitzvah at Barnet Synagogue on 12th November 2022

Leo Twinned
with Arie Geller

Leo celebrated his Bar Mitzvah at Hampstead Garden Suburb on 12th November 2022

Noah Twinned
with Nosen Lapka

Noah celebrated his Bar Mitzvah at United Hebrew Congregation, Leeds on 12th November 2022

Harrison Twinned
with Yisrael Grobord

Harrison celebrated his Bar Mitzvah on 12 January 2022 at Chigwell and Hainault Shul.

Sophie Twinned
with Sara Lazar

Sophie Lax celebrated her Bat Mitzvah on 28th August 2022.

Anton Twinned
with Jehuda Avraham Juger

We are proud to announce Anton is our thousandth 'twin' and celebrated his Bar Mitzvah on 27 November 2021 at Edgware and Hendon Reform Synagogue

Roni Twinned
with Gunther Saltz

Roni celebrated his Bar Mitzvah on 8 January 2022 at New Essex Masorti Synagogue

Ben Kirsh Twinned
with Joszi Breuer

Ben celebrated his Bar Mitzvah on 18 June 2022 at Chigwell and Hainault Synagogue

Talia Epstein Twinned
with Tamar Epstein

Talia celebrated her Bat Mitzvah in March 2022

Ava Twinned
with Chaya Zaks

Ava celebrated her Bat Mitzvah on 18 March 2022

Keira Edwards Twinned
with Lydia Fischer

Yad Vashem UK Foundation sent Keira and her family a folder of information about Lydia so they could research her story. Keira made a demonstration board which was displayed by the bimah during her

Matthew Twinned
with Shaya Goldman

Matthew celebrated his Bar Mitzvah on 04 May 2019 and was twinned with Shaya Goldman

Rebecca Twinned
with Renia Rosenberg

Rebecca celebrated her Bat Mitzvah on 28 December 2019 and was twinned with Renia Rosenberg

Ben Caplan Twinned
with Sonik Gleicher

Ben celebrated his Bar Mitzvah on 4 September 2021 and was twinned with Sonik Gleicher

Joe Walters Twinned
with Meir Izbicki

Joe celebrated his Bar Mitzvah on 28 August 2021 and was twinned with Meir Izbicki

Charlie & Ollie
were Twinned with
Lutek Rubinstein and Szalek Rubinstein

Twins, Charlie & Ollie celebrated their Bat Mitzvah's on 10 July 2021 and twinned with Shalek and Lutek Rubinstein

Ora Marantz Twinned
with Ora Chuchanowska

Ora celebrated her Bat Mitzvah 30 July 2021 and was twinned with Ora Chuchanowska

Zara Martin Twinned
with Sara Lea Marcus

Zara celebrated her Bat Mitzvah 25 July 2021 and was twinned with Sara Lea Marcus

Eva & Charlie
were Twinned with
Eva Schneider and Shmil Yoel Scharf

Twins, Eva and Charlie twinned with Eva Schneider and Shmil Yoel Scharf

Gabriella Marks Twinned
with Anita Hauser

Gabriella had her Bat Mitzvah 29 May 2021 and was twinned with Anita Hauser

Rafael was Twinned with
Rafail Kozodoi

Rafael Davies celebrated his Bar Mitzvah on 29 May 2021

Sophie Twinned
with Leah Katz

Sophie had her Bat Mitzvah 23 May 2021 and was twinned with with Leah Katz

Ellie Twinned
with Elza Neuman

Ellie had her Bat Mitzvah 5 June 2021 and was twinned with with Elza Neuman

Amira Twinned
with Tauba Czarka

Amira had her Bat Mitzvah 8 May 2021

Ethan Corrigan Twinned
with Eli Aizman

Ethan celebrated his Bar Mitzvah on 28 December 2020 and was twinned with Eli Aizman.

Harrison Fresco Twinned
with Menachem Aryeh

We could not encourage everyone enough to do a Yad Vashem twinning, it is an incredible experience and you never know what information you will find out and who you could meet

Racheli Sheldon Twinned
with Rakhel Shantzig

My name is Racheli and I had a Zoom Bat Mitzvah due to coronavirus. At first, I was very upset because I thought I wouldn’t have the full Bat Mitzvah experience.

Jordan Pearlman Twinned
with Urichem Ziechnik

Jordan celebrated his Bar Mitzvah on 29 August 2020. He had a zoom with family and friends from London and all around the world on Thursday 27 August 2020. He was lucky enough to lein in Shul on Shabbat morning 29 August 2020.

Noah Salahi Twinned
with Jakob Tondowski

Lockdown didn’t stop Noah Salahi from making his Bar Mitzvah special. He was ‘twinned’ with Jakob Tondowski, Tondowski being the surname of his great grandparents.

Joshua Newman Twinned
with Josua Boesenach

Joshua twinned with Josua Boesenach who was born in June 1931. He was deported age 12 to Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber. He never got to celebrate his Bar Mitzvah. “As I celebrate my Bar Mitzvah he will be on my mind."

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…

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,

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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. …

Alex Wojakovski Twinned
with Eduard Vigeveno

For my son, who is living in the “I” generation — iPad, iPhone, and “I want” — it’s particularly important to connect to his roots, and consider th…

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