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

Madonna's youngest daughters are celebrating a special milestone! On Sunday, Sept. 8, the pop icon, 66, shared a series of snaps on her Instagram Stories of her daughters Stella and Estere's Bat ...

Molly Levinton's bat mitzvah wasn't typical. Molly, who's 14, has autism and is nonverbal. But last Saturday afternoon, with the help of an iPad and some careful planning, she went through this Jewish ...

When you’re 13, the world seems very small to you. You mainly spend time in your bubble, not yet concerned with solving world hunger or keeping the peace between nations. But when I was 13, I became a ...

There’s a lot to do as a child prepares for a bar or bat mitzvah — from learning the ritual itself to finalizing details of ...

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 ...

Here’s one suggestion: Keep your pet away from the proceedings. (JTA) — Midway through Lila Duke’s bat mitzvah ceremony, her family’s cat made an appearance. Minnie’s interruption was one of many ways ...

It has been 90 years since Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan had his eldest daughter, Judith, stand before his congregation and read part of the week’s Torah portion in Hebrew and in English — making her the ...

Gabe Silverman is sheltering at home with his family and this is the first Zoom mitzvah for Temple Shir Tikva, a congregation west of Boston. (The Silvermans) As Gabe Silverman chants his Torah ...

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, ...

As Gabe Silverman chants his Torah portion, he's intensely focused on every word. It's the culmination of months of study and the high point of his Bar Mitzvah service. The same is true for almost ...