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, ...

I’ll never forget when the world got ready to enter the 21st century. Every New Year’s we’ve had since, including this past ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: Netflix You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah is a coming-of-age comedy that follows best friends Stacy and Lydia ...

I remember that she wore a white silk suit and an emerald green shirt. She looked beautiful, my mother, standing in the center aisle of the synagogue, at my bat mitzvah. I remember staring out at her, ...

As Jews, we celebrate adulthood at age 12 or 13. And while that may have once felt like adulthood, in the modern world, tweens are not considered grown-ups. Instead, b’nai mitzvah mark the beginning ...

Our daughter, Shoshana, attended some beautiful Bat Mitzvah parties this past year. When we learned the cost to host a party to celebrate her own bat mitzvah, we decided to give her options: 1. a ...

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 ...

They say a boy’s best friend is his mother. For director Nathan Silver, she’s also his muse. The comedy is loosely inspired by Cindy’s experience as a culturally Jewish woman, who at 68, enrolled at ...

Sylvia Faith Anne Meyer will become a bat mitzvah Saturday morning, Jan. 17, at Congregation Mishkan Or. Sylvia is the ...