It is a common scene on many a Saturday morning in cities and towns across the United States to see seventh- and eighth-grade ...

There are a variety of reasons why someone may not have a mitzvah when they’re young: the financial pressures of a blow-out party; the relative rarity of bat mitzvahs until the 1970s ...

Here is a guide to planning a bar/bat mitzvah from a parent who has been there. Plus, what guests attending need to know.

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Madonna is mom to Lourdes, 27, Rocco, 24, David, 18, Mercy, 18, and twins Stella and Estere, 12. The singer honored her ...

Jewish girl Me-Me introduces us to the Bat Mitzvah ceremony as she prepares to become a ‘Daughter of the Law’, learning to pray and to read the Torah in public. Me-Me belongs to the Reformed ...

A transgender man has a gender-affirming bar mitzvah in the same synagogue where he had a bat mitzvah as a teenage girl.

The 20th century also witnessed the spread of a parallel ceremony for girls, known as the bat mitzvah, meaning “daughter of the commandments.” In lands where Jewish life was changing rapidly ...

This could form part of a wider investigation of the Jewish tradition of Bar Mitzvah. The clip mentions in passing that Jonathan's sister had her Bat Mitzvah two years ago. Students could be asked ...