Ron Eliran, the Israeli “Ambassador of Song,” was getting the bar mitzvah that he never had. He was 90 years old. The place was a Midtown steakhouse. The Christmas wreath on the wall signaled ...

So when it came time to decide on a philanthropic bar mitzvah project, a synagogue requirement, he decided to follow his passion — and go big. No, he’s not making a documentary about a local ...

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Members of the Boston Area Congress for Tenants' Rights (BACTR) had planned to enter Temple Emmanuel to interrupt the bar mitzvah ceremony of the grandson of Boston landlord Maurice Gordon.