Orthodox Jews tend not to celebrate Bat Mitzvahs as girls do not have the same responsibilities as boys in the Orthodox Jewish faith. Most Reform Jewish girls have a Bat Mitzvah ceremony.

a b’nei mitzvah). But no single moniker fits the way she feels about herself and the inner child she’s also trying to heal. Her journey to figuring out exactly what kind of coming-of-age ...

Bar and Bat Mitzvah ceremonies are significant because they are seen as the time of coming of age, when a child becomes an adult. It is traditional for the boy’s father to recite a prayer of ...

The Eritrean-American comedian Tiffany Haddish has celebrated her Bat Mitzvah. The Jewish coming-of-age ceremony - normally marked when a girl turns 12 - signifies a stepping into religious ...

In Evanston, Illinois, congregants will get a chance to learn more about Jewish coming-of-age rituals and how they are evolving. And at Temple Emanuel, everyone who became a bat mitzvah as an ...

At this age, she becomes responsible for observing the commandments (mitzvot) and engaging more deeply in the Jewish ...

Ron Eliran, the Israeli “Ambassador of Song,” was getting the bar mitzvah that he never had. He was 90 years old. The place was a Midtown steakhouse. The Christmas wreath on the wall signaled ...

as the 13-year-old cuddly silly billy Baby Bear preparing for his big coming-of-age day, his Bar/Bear Mitzvah! David Ellis (Sh*t-Faced Shakespeare, The Worst Jew) is Rabbi Schlomo Drake ...