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The other week Laura and I went up to Glasgow to celebrate with my Dad his Barmitzvah. He decided to convert to judaism a few years ago, and thus this year he finally made it to be a barmitzvah, somewhat later than most people who have one :) We had a good day out, and everyone at the synagog my Dad attends said he did well.

So unusual is it to have a 55 year old barmitzvah, that the event even made the Jewish Chronical, which has a brief interview with my Dad :) The dead tree version has a picture in it, but oddly the online version doesn’t, so here’s my Dad and Mum on the day: