“Cha cha real smooth” is the most interpretive part of a hallowed staple on the bar and bat mitzvah circuit — the “Cha Cha Slide.” The line dance, a straightforward prompt whose lyrics are ...

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 ...

Sign up for Forwarding the News, our essential morning briefing with trusted, nonpartisan news and analysis, curated by senior writer Benyamin Cohen. (JTA) – It ...

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, ...

Kyle Richards celebrated her youngest daughter Portia Umansky’s bat mitzvah with many of her “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” co-stars in attendance. Richards, 52, and her husband, Mauricio Umansky, ...

Perhaps you wanted to theme your bar or bat mitzvah “Hollywood” or “Fame,” complete with a fake paparazzi photobooth and red carpet. Well, Sunny Sandler, Adam Sandler’s younger daughter, didn’t have ...

Elior Koroghli is the the great-granddaughter of the late King Sisowath Monivong, who ruled Cambodia from 1927-1941. She is also an Orthodox Jew. (JTA) — Members of the Cambodian royal family gathered ...

(JTA) – It seems hard to believe, but there’s never been a truly great bar/bat mitzvah movie — mostly because there just haven’t been that many bar/bat mitzvah movies, period. But after that, things ...