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, ...

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I was not supposed to like Netflix’s “You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah.” Here is why. Some 30 years ago, I created my own rabbinical cottage industry — observing and critiquing bar/bat mitzvah ...

From indie filmmaker Jonah Feingold comes 31 Candles, a low-budget coming-of-age romantic comedy driven by sincere, relatable ...

For American athletes, the Maccabiah sports even proves the games are about more than sports. Several of the American Jewish athletes were inspired to become Bar Mitzvah. Luke Rosener removed his ...

Sometimes a movie hits you so aggressively Jewish, you're transported back to your own coming-of-age Hebrew school experience −a time when the weekly status symbol was whether you were wearing that ...

A young Jewish boy celebrates his Bar Mitzvah with Colel Chabad at the Western Wall. In a sign of optimism and hope on an otherwise challenging day for Israeli society amidst the ongoing protests and ...

Michael Witkes, who performs as Pink Pancake, revisits his Jewish adolescence in “Today You Are a Man!” at The Tank NYC. (New York Jewish Week) – When Michael Witkes arrived at his bar mitzvah party, ...

The week was filled with glorious moments, from our Leaders of Labor celebration to my youngest grandson Hudson’s Bar Mitzvah ...

Eli Golden plays Evan Goldman in the Netflix adaptation of the Broadway show about a Jewish fish out of water. (New York Jewish Week) – When Eli Golden started 8th grade at a Westchester public school ...

I remember that she wore a white silk suit and an emerald green shirt. She looked beautiful, my mother, standing in the center aisle of the synagogue, at my bat mitzvah. I remember staring out at her, ...