The Bat Mitzvah is only practised by Reform and Liberal Jewish communities. The ceremony follows a similar pattern to the Bar Mitzvah and happens around a girl’s 12th birthday. During the Bat ...

On Saturday, February 8th, 2025 (10th of Shevat, 5785), Banyan Bratter will be called to the Torah as Bar Mitzvah at ...

At this age, she becomes responsible for observing the commandments (mitzvot) and engaging more deeply in the Jewish ...

Getting a child ready for their b’nai mitzvah requires intensive preparations. For parents of children with disabilities or ...

(JTA) — Paul Pfeiffer’s bar mitzvah made Jewish television history when “The Wonder Years” devoted an episode to it in 1989. Pfeiffer, played by a Jewish actor named Josh Saviano ...

Perhaps “Donny’s Bar Mitzvah” deserves credit for not indulging in tired ethnic stereotypes. But overall, Judaism doesn’t matter a great deal to the movie, which never even establishes ...

Louis Keene is covering the fires in Los Angeles, where he is based. Follow him on X for live updates. Rabbi Paul Kipnes swept the placemats and coffee mugs off his kitchen table, and laid a ...

Hi I'm Me-Me and this is my bedroom. It's pink because I really really love the colour pink. This is Will my horse. He's my third pony. Oh no he's my fourth pony. CHARLIE: Me-Me's religion is ...

On the days my two sons were born, we began saving for their bar mitzvahs. In Jewish tradition, it’s customary for a 13-year-old to read from the Torah and then have a party to celebrate their ...

Indonesian Rabbi Yaakov Baruch celebrates his son's bar mitzvah at the Kotel. (credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM) The greater Jewish community’s support for the about three-dozen-strong Tondano ...