When it comes to planning a b’nai mitzvah, mainly families find themselves navigating a delicate balance: honoring Jewish ...

Trisha Roth completed two years of study in order to be ready for her recent bat mitzvah. When the big day came, she wore a tallit that belonged to her late brother. But something else made the ...

Jacob Harris Cohen will become a bar mitzvah Saturday morning, Dec. 13, at Park Synagogue. Jacob is the son of Rachel and ...

Sign up for Forwarding the News, our essential morning briefing with trusted, nonpartisan news and analysis, curated by senior writer Benyamin Cohen. As I listened to ...

Whole Community Inclusion offers summer training for clergy, educators and tutors about accommodations and modifications for tutoring and ceremonies. Each of these students’ needs, as well as their ...

I’m not used to sitting during services, but this day was different. It was my daughter’s bat mitzvah and for one Shabbat I wasn’t the rabbi, I was the dad. I’ve been officiating at b’nei mitzvah ...

Synagogues are expanding options beyond the bat and bar mitzvah. This article was produced as part of JTA’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around the world to ...

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Minnie Marvit stepped up to the bimah in Hawaii to celebrate her Bat Mitzvah. This "girl," however, was a 92-year-old bubbe. "I wanted to do this for some time, but I waited until I moved to Hawaii," ...

When Justin Kodroff had his bar mitzvah party in 2006, Lil Jon’s “Snap Yo Fingers” and Yung Joc’s “It’s Goin’ Down” were as big of hits on the dance floor as they were on MTV and VH1, which then still ...

Ryan Merkow—pictured with his wife and daughter—studied for his adult bar mitzvah in 2023. At 13, Ryan Merkow didn't have a bar mitzvah. But three decades later, Merkow--now a surgical oncologist ...