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been appointed conductor of the Detroit
Symphony Orchestra. In 1919, he estab-
lished Detroit's Orchestra Hall.
In her 1938 book My Husband
Gabrilowitsch, Clara Clemens
described her husband's background
and their life together. Ossip, born in
1878, was the son of Rosa Segal and
Solomon Gabrilowitsch, whom Clara
characterized as having no religion.
Nonetheless, Ossip never denied his
Jewishness and spoke out in defense of
the Jewish people. However, a
Congregational minister married Clara
and Ossip. Their daughter, Nina, was
raised without Judaism, but with the
celebration of Christmas. Clara
became an adherent of Christian
Science, which was the dominant reli-
gious influence in their home.
In 1929, Ossip toured Egypt and
Palestine. His letters to his wife
were full of admiration for the
Jewish settlers and Zionism general-
ly. He gave a sold-out concert in Tel
Aviv and donated the proceeds to
the Tel Aviv School of Music.
After Ossip's death in 1936, Clara
and Nina moved to Los Angeles. Clara
died there in 1962. Nina, who was
Mark Twain's only grandchild, lived on
a_ trust fund set up by her mother and
on royalties from her grandfather's
publications.
Nina's life became aimless and disap-
pointing: she was a failed professional
photographer, an alcoholic and drug
user. In January 1966, she died of a
barbiturate overdose in Los Angeles.
She was not married and had no chil-
dren.

Q: What is the status of a girl or boy
who does not have a bat mitzvah or
bar mitzvah?
A: Their status is no different from
any other Jew.
In America, the bat mitzvah and bar
mitzvah have attained importance out
of all proportion to their true meaning
in Judaism. To begin with, the terms
"bat mitzvah" and "bar mitzvah" do
not refer to ceremonies, but to per-
sons. A Jewish girl who reaches 12
years of age is a bat mitzvah, and a
Jewish boy who becomes 13 is a bar
mitzvah.
In Hebrew, bar mitzvah means liter-
ally "son of the commandment" and
bat mitzvah means "daughter of the
commandment," symbolic titles point-
ing out that a person has reached the
age where he or she is obligated to live
according to the 613 mitzvot (com-
mandments) of the Torah. One attains
that age-based status regardless of any
celebration or religious ritual.

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