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[es-ES]Record tools[es-ES] [es-ES]Displays[es-ES]	Remove from selection Add to selection Número del objetoM2010/011:002 DescripciónInvitation to Glen Soicher’s barmitzvah at the Kotel, Jerusalem, 7 January 2008. The invitation features the flags of South Africa, Israel and Australia entwined at the top. Each country having a special significance for the family. Celebrating Glen's Bar Mitzvah in Israel fulfilled a promise Evan and Jenny Soicher made at the Western Wall in 1996 with their 14-month-old son Glen - to return to Israel to celebrate his Bar Mitzvah. Jenny's father, Paul de Jong, who passed away three weeks before Glen’s birth, served in the Israeli Navy and was a founding member of front-line Kibbutz Ma'ayan Baruch during the 1950s: "With my father's deep commitment to Israel, we believed he would have been proud to know that our entire family embarked on this spiritual journey." Symbolic kippot embossed with the flags were created for the occasion, and given to male guest to wear during the ceremony. Evan and Jenny Soicher, both born in South Africa, immigrated to Australia in 1998. Lugar de producciónJerusalem, Israel Fecha 2008-01-07 Temainvitations, Bar Mitzvah, children, contemporary Jewish life Nombre del objetoinvitations Materialpaper Dimensiones whole length: 210.00 mm whole width: 98.00 mm Línea de créditoSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Jenny Soicher

Número del objetoM2010/011:002

DescripciónInvitation to Glen Soicher’s barmitzvah at the Kotel, Jerusalem, 7 January 2008. The invitation features the flags of South Africa, Israel and Australia entwined at the top.

Each country having a special significance for the family.

Celebrating Glen's Bar Mitzvah in Israel fulfilled a promise Evan and Jenny Soicher made at the Western Wall in 1996 with their 14-month-old son Glen - to return to Israel to celebrate his Bar Mitzvah. Jenny's father, Paul de Jong, who passed away three weeks before Glen’s birth, served in the Israeli Navy and was a founding member of front-line Kibbutz Ma'ayan Baruch during the 1950s: "With my father's deep commitment to Israel, we believed he would have been proud to know that our entire family embarked on this spiritual journey." Symbolic kippot embossed with the flags were created for the occasion, and given to male guest to wear during the ceremony. Evan and Jenny Soicher, both born in South Africa, immigrated to Australia in 1998.

Lugar de producciónJerusalem, Israel

Fecha 2008-01-07

Temainvitations, Bar Mitzvah, children, contemporary Jewish life

Nombre del objetoinvitations

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Línea de créditoSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Jenny Soicher

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