Jewish Stars: A Conversation with Joshua Rush
Becoming a bar mitzvah can be an overwhelming and stressful experience for teenage boys—the months spent practicing one’s haftarah, the obligatory socializing with unctuously affectionate relatives from out of town and the residual lipstick marks left on one’s cheek, the penning of a compelling thank you speech that somehow incorporates both Avraham aveinu and that iPhoneX you always wanted. Most 13 year-old boys are more than happy to be done with the synagogue service portion of their big day and revel in whatever after-party follows their becoming a man according to Jewish law.
But Joshua Rush, the 16 year-old LA-based actor who plays Cyrus on Disney’s hit series Andi Mack, did his bar mitzvah twice—once for real, with his family and friends in attendance, and once in a scripted episode of the show, titled “Cyrus’ Bash-Mitzvah!,” currently airing on the popular kids cable network through the end of April.
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