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World’s Oldest Man to Mark Bar Mitzvah 100 Years Late

The world’s oldest man is preparing to celebrate his Bar Mitzvah, 100 years late. Yisrael Kristal, who at age 113 is recognized by Guinness World Records as the oldest man in the world, was unable to celebrate the Jewish rite of passage when he was 13 because his mother had recently died and his father was in the Russian army fighting in World War I. "My father is religious and has prayed every morning for 100 years, but he has never had his Bar Mitzvah," daughter Shula...

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