The Jewish ritual of bar mitzvah. which marks a 13-year-old young man’s assumption of religious and legal obligations under Jewish law. Israel_photo_gallery, CC BY-ND It is a common scene on many a ...

There are few events in Jewish life as significant as a bar or bat mitzvah, the coming-of-age milestone often celebrated alongside a party for family and friends. And for such an important occasion, ...

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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, ...

I begin by extending warm wishes to those readers currently celebrating their most solemn and important religious holidays; to Christians I wish a blessed Easter, and to Muslims a Ramadan kareem and ...

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 ...

It was impossible to distinguish who was happier or prouder: The 10 elderly Los Angeles Jewish Health (LAJH) residents celebrating their bar and bat mitzvahs, or LAJH CEO and President Dale Surowitz.

Helene Feldstein, 92, grew up immersed in Judaism, with a grandfather who was a rabbi and a cantor. Still, she had never dreamed of getting a bat mitzvah. “Seventy-five years ago, there was no thought ...