The lights in the Woodland Hills Hilton banquet hall dim, and neon strobes flash across the ceiling to the throbbing beat of teen rock fave Smash Mouth. A team of dancers above the crowd on risers ...

I was anxious about singing biblical Hebrew in front of so many family and friends. By the big day, I had completely ...

He kicked off the evening at the Catch LA rooftop, where he “arrived through the private entrance with a few close friends and family, as well as his father, who was decked out in a shiny blue blazer, ...

Alicia Silverstone and her grandfather at her Bat Mitzvah; Andy Cohen at his Bar Mitzvah. One of the most meaningful cultural and religious moments for many Jewish people is their Bar or Bat Mitzvah, ...

Non-Jewish director Cooper Raiff stars as a non-Jewish bar and bat mitzvah entertainer in the indie flick, which Apple TV+ showered with a $15 million distribution deal. (JTA) — A new Jewish coming-of ...

When Justin Kodroff had his bar mitzvah party in 2006, Lil Jon’s “Snap Yo Fingers” and Yung Joc’s “It’s Goin’ Down” were as big of hits on the dance floor as they were on MTV and VH1, which then still ...

Click here to read more from Slate’s History Week. The “bash mitzvah,” as New York once dubbed it, is alive and unwell as a peculiarly American form of excess. As a teenager in the 1980s, I attended ...

Ben Shane loves cars. When he was a baby, his mother said, he slept with two Hot Wheels cars instead of a blanket. Now 13, he excels at auto-themed video games, attends monster truck shows, watches ...

Seth, we need to talk. I was in the kitchen with Mom and she’s crying her eyes out. Now, I know that you’ve been acting out at Hebrew School lately. I understand. I was a troublemaker back in my day.

When corporate events entertainment producer Michael Pasternak and his fiancée, Ilisa, were planning their wedding reception 18 years ago, they wanted to add a traditional element to their ...

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