Looking back at the Nissim Ourfali video, one of Brazil’s earliest viral memes. (JTA) — The around 120,000 Jews who live in Brazil make up less than 1% of the country’s total population, of ...

Sometimes a movie hits you so aggressively Jewish, you're transported back to your own coming-of-age Hebrew school experience −a time when the weekly status symbol was whether you were wearing that ...

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

Most religions have their coming-of-age celebrations in which children enter adolescence and adulthood. In the Jewish faith, this is called a bar and bat mitzvah, and it is a joyous event in which 12 ...

Michael Witkes, who performs as Pink Pancake, revisits his Jewish adolescence in “Today You Are a Man!” at The Tank NYC. (New York Jewish Week) – When Michael Witkes arrived at his bar mitzvah party, ...

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Sign up for Forwarding the News, our essential morning briefing with trusted, nonpartisan news and analysis, curated by Senior Writer Benyamin Cohen. (JTA) — The ...