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 a middle child, I often get hand-me-downs. When I was younger, I didn’t really care that I received yearly batches of clothes from my sister Elisabeth, simply because I didn’t know any other way to ...

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 ...

This article was produced as part of the New York Jewish Week’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around New York City to report on issues that affect their lives. I’m ...

I grew up in a small town, distant from Jewish life. I come from an interfaith family; my dad is Irish Methodist and my mother is Ashkenazi Jewish. The only taste of religious observance I got, beyond ...

Noa Stevie Firstenberg Khazaei became a bat mitzvah on the morning of May 2 at Park Synagogue in Pepper Pike. Noa is the ...

When 12-year-old Sheryl Milstein’s parents gave her the choice between having a Bat Mitzvah after finishing Hebrew school and spending the summer in California, she picked the latter. Now, 56 years ...