Meet the 100-year-old woman who just celebrated her Bat Mitzvah

During the pandemic, many of life's celebrations have had to move on-line, including a celebration that was several lifetimes in the making.

MAKING I’M VERY PROUD TO SITHERE RIGHT NOW AND TELL YOU THATI HAVE BEEN BY MISFIT AT 100YEARS OLD ROSE BROWN HASEXPERIENCED MANY THINGS IN HERLIFE, BUT FINALLY BEING ABLE TOCELEBRATE HER BOT MITZVAH WITH11 OTHER GIRLS AS SHE CALLS THEMFROM HER COMMUNITY HERE AT THEJACKS AT HER HOUSE IN REVERE.WELL, SHE SAYS THAT’S AT THE TOPOF THE LIST.I JUST FEEL CLOSER TO GOD.AND I FEEL THAT I WOULD LIKE TOBE A BETTER PERSON.IT WAS AN EQUALLY SIGNIFICANTMILESTONE FOR ALL 12 OF THESEWOMEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO BERECOGNIZED AS AN ADULT THE EYESOF THEIR JEWISH FAITH WAS NOTALWAYS AN OPTION WHEN THEY WEREYOUNGER TEENAGERS IS THE REASONTHAT GOD DOES THINGS AND I DOBELIEVE THAT IT WAS OUR TIME TOCELEBRATE OUR BUT MITZVAH DURINGTHE PANDEMIC MARLENE BLOOM INHER.ALTHOUGH CELEBRANTS TIME TOACHIEVE THAT RECOGNITION WAS NOTAN EASY ONE DURING THE HEIGHT OFTHE COVID-19 OUTBREAK THE JACKSAT OUR HOUSE WAS HITPARTICULARLY HARD RESIDENTS WEREON LOCKDOWN AND THEIR HEBREWCLASSES NEEDED TO BE SHIFTED TOTHE TELEPHONE COMMITTING TO ITTO BEGIN WITH WAS A BIG STEP ANDTHEN RECOMMITTING ONCE APANDEMIC HIP ARE BUILDING WAS ATREMENDOUS STEP RABBI LIE OR NOVOTE SAYS SOMETHING REMARKABLETOOK PLACE DURING THEIR JOURNEYDURING TIME WHERE EVERYTHINGSEEMED COGNIZABLE SHE SAYS ONETHING STOOD STRONG THEIR FAITHIN GOD AND EACH OTHER.THE ONE THING WAS RECOGNIZABLEAND THAT WAS OUR GROUP COMINGTOGETHER AND AFTERNOON STUDYINGTEXT DEALING WITH ISSUES THATTHEY DEALT WITH 2,000 YEARS AGO,AND THAT WHAT’S GOING ON OUTSIDERIGHT NOW.THERE WAS A THIRTEENTH MEMBER OFTHIS GROUP WHO SADLY PASSED AWAYDUE TO COMPLICATIONS FROMCOVID-19, BUT THE LADIES PRESSEDON WITH THEIR STUDIES AND IN THEPROCESS INSPIRED AN ENTIRECOMMUNITY.THAT HAS BEEN THROUGH SO MUCHOVER THE PAST SIX MONTHS