There are few events in Jewish life as significant as a bar or bat mitzvah, the coming-of-age milestone often celebrated alongside a party for family and friends. And for such an important occasion, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mason celebrated his 13th birthday in December 2022 with his closest friends and family. Scott, for his part, gave fans an inside ...

This spring, congregations are reimagining how to celebrate bar and bat mitzvahs in light of the coronavirus pandemic. Some of these Jewish coming... For Some, Zoom Bar And Bat Mitzvahs Highlight ...

When a book on bar mitzvah opens with a poem by Rudyard Kipling and a quote from French ethical philosopher Emmanuel Levinas, it’s clearly not your usual bar mitzvah book, of which there are many.

So you want to have a bar or bat mitzvah … good. Here are a few tips on how to make it through the year leading up to the big day. First, your parents will inevitably go crazy. Slowly, over time, ...

After a year of learning, preparation, and personal growth, 100 outstanding teens from Jewish communities across Russia and ...

We were living out our dreams on the dance floor, sharing our secret crushes underneath the din of the DJ. As I slow-danced to Whitney Houston with Josh Schwartz, a space the size of a redwood tree ...

March 18, 2022, marks the 100th anniversary of the first bat mitzvah ceremony in the United States. Judith Kaplan, daughter of the influential rabbi Mordechai Kaplan, became the first woman to ...

It was when my daughter turned twelve that I realized how utterly financially illiterate she was — I had yet to teach her the meaning of a dollar, the definition of a budget, the art of choosing ...

As Gabe Silverman chants his Torah portion, he's intensely focused on every word. It's the culmination of months of study and the high point of his Bar Mitzvah service. The same is true for almost ...