Jewish culture is my favorite thing about being Jewish. I am part of such an amazing religion, with its people and its scrumptious food, especially the yummy challah bread!

Every day of my life, I have felt like I wanted to become something of importance. Becoming a bat mitzvah is a chance to prove myself worthy and show that I can accomplish something. While preparing for my bat mitzvah, I learned that I may need to work harder as a person and a creator – all I ever wanted to do was create my own world, but with more ease. And this has taught me that hard work leads to wonderful celebrations! (yay)

For my mitzvah project, I worked alongside wonderful people in Project 658 to give to people that can’t access as much as I can. We served breakfast and gave free jackets to those in need. I chose this project because we need to be reminded that sometimes we take things for granted. I got a few friends and baking skills out of it!

Since I am now considered an adult, I have decided that I would love to continue cooking great Jewish food for years to come, and keep up with my family’s traditions.

Alana is the daughter of Melissa and Adrian Fabrikant. She is the sister of Alex Fabrikant. She is the grandson of Susan and Albert Fabrikant of Parkland, Florida and Clara Maloney of Albany, New York. She remembers loving his grandfather Francis “Mike” Maloney, of blessed memory. Send notes of mazel tov.