World War II broke out before he could celebrate the milestone. A month before Samuel Heider was to be bar mitzvahed, a rite of passage for every Jewish teen, World War II broke out. When the Nazis ...

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — Harold Terens fought in World War II. He’s lived almost 102 years, celebrating his birthday a couple weeks early with family and friends in Florida. But he has something more to ...

About a year before Caleb’s bar mitzvah, he and his parents met with Temple Emanu El Rabbi Matt Cohen to try to figure out the right project for him. “Typically, students will come up with a mitzvah ...

At 95, Kirk Douglas has just released his tenth book and is prepping for his third bar mitzvah, which is scheduled for this coming December. The iconic actor appeared at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in ...