"It's Never Too Late - Why Not Now?"

September 14, 2008 12:13 AM

"We're having him do what our 13-year-olds do. But Bernie was doing things the rest of us shudder to imagine when he was 13." Holocaust survivor Bernie Marks is preparing for his bar mitzvah, 65 years late.
posted by amyms (13 comments total)

Wonderful story - thanks, amyms. (And mazel tov to Bernie!)
posted by scody at 12:30 AM on September 14, 2008

Amazing story, thank you.
posted by flibbertigibbet at 12:44 AM on September 14, 2008

What an awesome story. I hope he can get through it without bursting into tears. If I were in a situation like that, I know I'd blubber like an infant.
posted by JHarris at 1:52 AM on September 14, 2008

Wonderfully uplifting. Thanks, amyms.
posted by Georgina at 4:19 AM on September 14, 2008

"Today, I am a boy!"


(Henny Youngman at his belated bar-mitzvah)
posted by RavinDave at 5:45 AM on September 14, 2008 [1 favorite]

Mazel Tov Bernie.

What happened to his father, did he stay in Germany?
posted by dabitch at 6:30 AM on September 14, 2008

Mazel Tov, sir.

Lovely story, thanks amyms.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 6:57 AM on September 14, 2008

Thank you, and mazel tov Ber.
posted by ltracey at 7:35 AM on September 14, 2008

That's a great story—many thanks.
posted by languagehat at 8:25 AM on September 14, 2008

Beautiful. Thank you.
posted by freya_lamb at 8:52 AM on September 14, 2008

Nthing the wonderful-ness of this story.
posted by Kimothy at 10:43 AM on September 14, 2008

Amazing story. Thank you for this.
posted by annieb at 2:52 PM on September 14, 2008

Mazel Tov! :)

Thanks for posting this.
posted by zarq at 1:34 PM on September 16, 2008