The movie stars Sandler’s real-life daughters and portrays a friendship that fractures during bat mitzvah season. (JTA) — To prepare for their role in creating Adam Sandler’s latest movie, crew ...

Have tough economic times forced you to scale back your child’s bar or bat mitzvah party plans? With your 401(k) down, is the ice sculpture out? Is your resetting ARM making you reconsider that ...

Anything and everything goes these days for bar and bat mitzvah parties, planners say. The common thread is creating an event that’s personalized, unique and memorable. Micah Topche’s family of Center ...

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 ...

Readers lament that the party is overshadowing the parsha (Torah portion). To the Editor: Re “Becoming a Woman Before Their Eyes” (Style, nytimes.com, April 27): As an 11-year-old Jewish girl, I was ...

The author’s uninvited visit to a bat mitzvah included a trip to the photo booth. Photo courtesy of Louis Keene On my nightstand is a modest pile of books that I have not read and — if everything goes ...

Video tributes from LeBron and D-Wade. A ballroom ceiling morphing into a cloud-filled sky with soaring fighter jets. An imaginary castle of candy floating on a 40-foot-high backdrop. Today’s more ...

Adam Sandler’s daughter had her own bat mitzvah just before filming their new Netflix film, “You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah.” Director Sammi Cohen told People recently how the Sandler clan ...

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

Author Miriam Aron (grandmother), Bat Mitzvah Aliza Auman (granddaughter), Kayla Auman and Devorah Auman (granddaughters) and ...