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

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 ...

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Jacob Kessler will become a bar mitzvah at 11 a.m. Nov. 8 at Congregation Mishkan Or. Jacob is the son of Daniel and Jamie ...

The Jewish ceremony can be the setting for a sharp look at growing up. But it has too often been used for glosses that ignore the rite’s deeper meaning. By Esther Zuckerman In the Jewish faith you ...

Star NFL receiver Julian Edelman is spending some of the offseason in Los Angeles studying for his bar mitzvah. Edelman, a three-time Super Bowl champ, attended a charity event at the Waldorf Astoria ...