Today I Am a Boy The Bar Mitzvah Journey of a Grown Man

"At times the book reads like an extended award acceptance speech in its acknowledgment of teachers and mentors past. But for a religion that is as centered on memory and intergenerational transmission of traditions as Judaism, this tone of perpetual gratitude seems appropriate. Unfortunately, like many an acceptance speech, TODAY I AM A BOYoften meanders aimlessly. Although we are often charmed by the trip, the final destination--Hays's bar mitzvah--seems almost an afterthought.Hays, David is the author of 'Today I Am a Boy The Bar Mitzvah Journey of a Grown Man', published 2001 under ISBN 9780743201278 and ISBN 0743201272.