80-Year-Old Woman Becomes a Bat-Mitzvah

September 5, 1987

Erna Salm, a Chicago octogenarian, receives a hearty mazel tov from Rabbi Leo R. Wolkow as she carries the Torah at her Bat Mitzvah at Temple B’nai Yehuda of Homewood IL.

Independent, jewish & frankly feminist

Since 1976, Lilith magazine charts Jewish women’s lives with exuberance, rigor, affection, subversion and style.

Need More Lilith?

Sign up now for a weekly batch of Jewish feminist essays, news, events--and incredible stories and poems from 40 years of Lilith.

Maybe Next Time