Avi Isaac Katz, son of Peter and Tricia Katz of Lakewood, Colorado, became a bar mitzvah on Saturday, June 21, at Congregation B’nai Vail in Vail, Colorado.
The service was held alongside Gore Creek in the courtyard of the Vail Interfaith Chapel.
Avi is the grandson of Ward and Donna Katz of Prairie Village, Kansas.
A rising freshman at D’Evelyn High School, Avi loves skiing, baseball, basketball and music. He’s also a skilled LEGO builder.
In his d’var Torah, Avi, who is 14 years old, said that he was inspired, in part, to become a bar mitzvah by his grandfather, Ward Katz, who was called to the Torah at the age of 78. Avi said that he learned that “it’s never too late in life to do what you really want to do to embrace Jewish values.”