“With an arbitrary age for adulthood and no guidance, people end up ‘lost’ after high school.”

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This is a comment by Trevor Sprague on the post “Where’s My Burning Ant-Glove?”

Outgrowing Uncle Chuck

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Eirik Rogers talks about having, and losing, an uncle who could never progress past childhood.

Coming of Age … in Parachute Pants

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CJ Kaplan questions his sense of personal style, while maneuvering through a series of Jewish ceremonies.

Ten things I've learned from my Bar Mitzvah

When you learn the parsha for your Bar/Bat Mitzvah, you have to learn both Hebrew letters and notes. The trick is that when you are actually up at the bimah in front of everybody, the Torah doesn’t have notes in it! So you just have to remember. Luckily, your shitty, adolescent breaking voice will cover [...]