The Bar Mitzvah

On Saturday I went to my friend’s bar mitzvah. It was more inspiring to me than I can say, because it showed that being nonspeaking does not mean you can’t be normal. Alex stood on stage for over two hours, and the people that ran it only had to help him a tiny bit. He read Hebrew by typing it out, and Judy chanted it for him. I have to say, he was remarkable.

Alex’s sermon was so beautiful I was crying inside. Being that we aren’t similar religions, I didn’t know much about the service before that moment. And I must say that it was lovely to see Alex there showing the world what nonspeakers can do and how not disabled we can be.