JERUSALEM (RNS) — Twenty of Anava Marcus’ relatives were scheduled to fly to Israel from Australia and South Africa last week to celebrate her bat mitzvah during Passover, which begins on Wednesday (April 1). But instead, Anava will celebrate her 12th birthday — a Jewish milestone — with only her immediate family and some friends in central Israel, where they live, amid Israeli safety restrictions due to the war with Iran. Her relatives’ flights were all canceled. “We had been planning the bat mitzvah for a year,” Dara Marcus, Anava’s mother, told RNS. “Anava was going to lead the Passover Seder for the entire family. We created a special Haggadah that tells the story of the Jewish people and our own family’s story. It includes Anava’s thoughts and commentaries.” While Anava said she understands why relatives can’t be by her side on her big day, “I’m disappointed,” she admitted.…