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Dance Lessons To Prep for Bar Mitzvah Season

Listening in as two sixth grade boys face a Detroit preteen rite of passage

February 6, 2015
Box Step instructions. (
Wikimedia)
Box Step instructions. (
Wikimedia)

If you grew up Jewish in suburban Detroit, you know what Joe Cornell is. Every fall, hundreds of sixth graders embark on the entertainment center’s 12 week dance class to get them ready for a full season of bar and bat mitzvahs. Zak Rosen has been following the progress of two Joe Cornell students, as they make their way through the program. Rosen himself is a 1996 Joe Cornell graduate.

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