Read the first chapter, "Five", from Pitching in the Promised Land: A Story of the First and Only Season in the Israel Baseball League by Aaron Pribble:

"“Have you ever had a bar mitzvah?” Babies cried in line behind me, adding undue stress to an already tense situation.

“A bar mitzvah? Um . . . no. Yes. No, not really.” It was a strange question to be asked in the security line, especially from a young, heavily accented ticket lady.

“Well, which is it? Yes or no?” Both answers were correct in truth, depending on one’s perspective, but that was not the sort of answer for which I surmised she was looking.

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