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In a moving ceremony, dozens of young Indian Jews celebrate their Bar Mitzvahs at the Western Wall while on a Birthright trip.

At a moving bar mitzvah ceremony at Jerusalem’s Western Wall, dozens of young Indian Jews celebrated their Bar and Bat Mitzvahs, the traditional Jewish rite of passage.

The group was on a trip with Birthright, an organization that brings Jewish youth to Israel to experience their ancestral homeland.

Learn more about the special day at the holy site and hear from one of the Indian Jews about her experience!