When Gavriel Kedem became a bar mitzvah, he was focused on the usual things: chanting the parsha, giving his dvar, the people watching. He wasn’t thinking about it as a historic moment. But it was — ...

On Jan. 14, you could hear the wake-up call sounding for Jews all across America. Perhaps you noticed the article by reporter Elizabeth Bernstein in that morning’s Wall Street Journal. Perhaps someone ...

Duncan McAlpine Sennett practices his Bar Mitzvah speech with Rabbi Joseph, who worked with him on the speech, and Cantor Cahana. (Photo courtesy of Robin McAlpine) A Portland teen has become an ...

Last week we noted the view that reading Parshiyot Zachor and Parah is biblically mandated. We also noted that that the Ba’al Ha’Itur considers a bar mitzvah boy to be a minor. But why? Isn’t a bar ...