World's oldest man celebrates bar mitzvah, 100 years late
- Oct 5, 2016
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The world's oldest man has celebrated his bar mitzvah — 100 years late.
The 113-year-old Israel Kristal has lived through both World Wars and survived the Auschwitz concentration camp.
Born in Poland in 1903, Kristal missed his bar mitzvah - the Jewish coming-of-age ceremony celebrated when a boy turns 13 - because of World War I.
His daughter, Shulamith Kuperstoch, says on Wednesday he gathered last weekend his children, grandchildren and nearly 30 great-grandchildren to mark the occasion.
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