These projects—and so many others—show how meaningful mitzvah work can be when students are supported in exploring what ...

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, ...

(JTA) — There’s never been a great, definitive American movie about a bar mitzvah. And after “Donny’s Bar Mitzvah,” a new movie that arrived this week on Amazon Prime and iTunes, there still hasn’t ...

The bar mitzvah boy read from a Torah scroll donated by Jared Kushner, who helped broker a normalization agreement between Bahrain and Israel. (JTA) — The Jewish community of Bahrain celebrated the ...

Huntington Valley resident Jerry Weiner and Jenkintown’s David Solis are 92 and 95, respectively. Yet by the end of spring, both men will become bar mitzvahs for a second time. Weiner will celebrate ...

Thirty years ago, I created my own rabbinical cottage industry — observing and critiquing bar/bat mitzvah, American style, and working on ways to improve it. Here was my basic point: American Jews ...

It was also just a good thing to do.” Many of us may think of a “typical” b’mitzvah as a service in synagogue on Shabbat followed by a big party that weekend, often at great expense. But there are ...

In times of challenge and uncertainty, the heart of the Jewish people beats stronger than ever for Israel. For many Jewish families in the United States, a Bar Mitzvah celebration is no longer just a ...

March 18, 2022, marks the 100th anniversary of the first bat mitzvah ceremony in the United States. Judith Kaplan, daughter of the influential rabbi Mordechai Kaplan, became the first woman to ...