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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

For many people, their relationship with Judaism ends after their bar or bat mitzvah. After going through this coming of age ceremony, they become less and less engaged and eventually, unaffiliated ...

One of the most well-known Jewish traditions is the bar or bat mitzvah, when teens are given the chance to ascend to Jewish adulthood in front of their friends, family and fellow congregants. But for ...

JERUSALEM — Growing up in suburban Atlanta, Josh Fountain found time for swimming, but not for a bar mitzvah. He came to Israel this summer, one of 10,000 Jews from more than 60 countries, to compete ...

I begin by extending warm wishes to those readers currently celebrating their most solemn and important religious holidays; to Christians I wish a blessed Easter, and to Muslims a Ramadan kareem and ...

Akiko Minami and Micah Posner held their fingers up in a sign of peace and unity on Saturday as their daughter Emunah played guitar and led the congregation at Temple Beth El in Aptos in a heartfelt ...

(The Conversation) — Judith Kaplan became the first American bat mitzvah in 1922. The Jewish coming-of-age ceremony has become more popular for girls ever since. (The Conversation) — March 18, 2022, ...

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