# Bar Mitzvah age- by which calendar? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 20, 2023, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bar-mitzvah-age-by-which-calendar/981417 "2023-03-20T20:54:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 24
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bar-mitzvah-age-by-which-calendar/981417/24 "2023-03-21T19:51:12Z")
The rabbi from my childhood was there for like 40 years until maybe fifteen years ago. The current one was chosen by the congregation that skews pretty old. To my knowledge it wasn’t an issue at all and if anything is a point of pride. To start another related hijack, one of the perks of coming of age is that you can be a part of a minyan which is the ten adults needed to be able to hold a religious service. I was actually called upon once and wrote about it here. > [@"Excuse me, are you Jewish?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-are-you-jewish/180796): > > On Sunday morning I was at the Los Angeles airport on my way to Taipei via Tokyo. It was to be the start of a very long day. I love it in Taiwan but getting there is hell. I was walking away from the gate agent after unsuccessfully trying to change my seat assignment and not in the best of moods when a stranger approached me. “Excuse me. Are you Jewish?” he asked. I’m asked that from time to time. I am Jewish and I do look Jewish so people looking for Jews will approach me. Every time this hap… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bar-mitzvah-age-by-which-calendar/981417)._