(JTA) — The around 120,000 Jews who live in Brazil make up less than 1% of the country’s total population, of approximately 214 million people. But today, according to Marcio Bellora Saraceni, a ...

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 ...

I was not supposed to like Netflix’s “You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah.” Here is why. Some 30 years ago, I created my own rabbinical cottage industry — observing and critiquing bar/bat mitzvah ...

To prepare for their role in creating Adam Sandler’s latest movie, crew members hit the Toronto bar and bat mitzvah circuit. Production designer Perry Blake and set decorator Julia Altschul, guided by ...