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, ...

Zaida Olive Phelps celebrated becoming a Bat Mitzvah on May 16, 2026, at Congregation Anshei Israel. She is the daughter 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. They say a boy’s best friend is his mother. For director Nathan Silver, she’s also his muse. The comedy is loosely inspired by ...

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 ...

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 ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Featured in this week’s Staten Island’s Best Dressed are photos from the Bat Mitzvah of Sophia Elana Weintrob Papas, at Temple Israel Reform Congregation on Feb. 3, 2024, ...

They say a boy’s best friend is his mother. For director Nathan Silver, she’s also his muse. The comedy is loosely inspired by Cindy’s experience as a culturally Jewish woman, who at 68, enrolled at ...