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Is it too late?

I made this account solely to ask this question.

I am sixteen years old, ethnically Jewish but not really religious. Nevertheless, I am proud of being Jewish and adhere to traditions and culture (I don’t speak a single bit of Hebrew though).

Anyway, that’s not my concern. My concern and something that’s been bothering me for some time is the fact that I missed the opportunity to do Bar Mitzvah when I was 13. At the time, it was reasonable because my parents wanted to make my Bar Mitzvah at the Western Wall, which they consider a special place, and required a flight from Russia to Israel but COVID restrictions at the time soiled our ambition. Afterwards, we kept having to reschedule because of certain issues, time constraints and ofcourse war which discouraged us from flying to Israel. Now I’m 16, and as much as I want to fulfill this goal, I can’t, especially considering the fact that the airspace is closed for an infinite amount of time and even then I don’t feel comfortable having to stay in a warzone.

This brings me to my overarching question: At this point, should I just do Bar Mitzvah at a local synagogue if it’s not too late? What would Rabbis think?

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