This week was the 25th (!) anniversary of my Bar Mitzvah. I always know exactly how many years it has been since my Bar Mitzvah, because I celebrated becoming a Bar Mitzvah on the same weekend that Bob Dylan turned 60. This past Sunday, Bob Dylan turned 85, which means that it has been 25 years since his 60th birthday and 25 years since my Bar Mitzvah.

I have a very distinct memory of sitting in my mom’s car in the parking lot of the Jewish Community Center of Paramus, waiting to go into the building for my final Bar Mitzvah lesson on Thursday, May 24th, 2001, the day of Dylan’s 60th birthday. I desperately didn’t want to leave the car for my lesson,........

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