On the 100th birthday of the bat mitzvah, an artist remembers their own coming of age
![Jewish and Arab kids in mixed classroom](https://images.forwardcdn.com/image/970x/center/images/cropped/mixed-hebrew-classroom-1647979747.jpg)
Jewish and Arab first grade pupils study and play together at the Bilingual School, where both Hebrew and Arabic words adorn the walls, November 4, 2002 in Jerusalem. By David Silverman/Getty Images
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