Bar Kochva is situated on a ridge where no Jewish community has existed since the fall of Beitar nearly 2,000 years ago.The ...

So, for Burt Abrams, who is scheduled to take to the bimah as an 83-year-old on June 14 at Beth Tikvah B’nai Jeshurun in Glenside, the ceremony will be just as special as the one he had in 1955. “It’s ...

At my bar mitzvah, my mother of blessed memory, Rachel Baum, asked that I read a poem from the bimah before Mourner’s Kaddish. The poem, “At My Bar Mitzvah and His,” was written by Rabbi ...

Gavin, the son of Lori and Russell Cohen, celebrated his Bar Mitzvah on Jan. 7, 2012 at Temple Emanu-El. He included a letter with his Bar Mitzvah invitations explaining his goal and encouraging ...

One grandson will be bar mitzvahed soon, and our daughter is asking us to send her a list of our friends so she can send them invitations.

(RNS) — Why is American Judaism bar/bat mitzvah-centric? Ask Adam Sandler and his family.

Mason Disick, Drake, Tiffany Haddish, David Arquette and more stars have celebrated the Jewish milestone of being a bar or bat mitzvah. In Judaism, a bar mitzvah is a coming-of-age ritual and ...

33 years after classic bar mitzvah episode, revamped ‘Wonder Years’ revisits ritual TV show broke ground with 1989 episode showing Jewish ceremony; new version of series tackles race and ...

13-Year-Old Dog Enjoys Elaborate 'Bark Mitzvah' on the 39th Anniversary of His Owner's Bar Mitzvah Rambo the dog celebrated his 13th birthday with a "Bark Mitzvah" which included a pet-friendly ...

Writer Linda K. Wertheimer had been imagining her son's bar mitzvah in their temple since he'd been a baby. Then the pandemic hit.

Also, you should allow for different views, whether that is with the mitzvah kid or a bride/groom. Everyone has different ideas for what they want, so it’s about hitting a stride and being open ...