At the Pentagon outside Washington, no less. Terens said that came about when he was talking with CNN's Wolf Blitzer on a TV panel and a rabbi overheard the conversation.

Next year’s momentous occasion took shape after Terens was speaking on a panel with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer and a Pentagon rabbi overheard him mention his lifelong wish to have a bar mitzvah.

World War II veteran Harold Terens recently celebrated his 102nd birthday (a little early) with family and friends, but he has more to look forward to: his bar mitzvah.