LOS ANGELES (JTA) – More and more families planning bar and bat mitzvahs are taking the advice of Jeffrey Salkin, author of “Putting God on the Guest List,” by making sure to incorporate spiritual ...

Here is a guide to planning a bar/bat mitzvah from a parent who has been there. Plus, what guests attending need to know. Recently, I began the process of planning my son’s bar mitzvah. With so many ...

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 Gabe Silverman chants his Torah portion, he's intensely focused on every word. It's the culmination of months of study and the high point of his Bar Mitzvah service. The same is true for almost ...

For those of us who love ritual, it has been quite a dry spell. Judaism is an ancient, ritualistic religion, and while some happily adapted to Zoom services where they don’t have to even get dressed, ...

So began my bar mitzvah pshetl (bar mitzvah boy’s Talmudic discourse delivered in Yiddish) 50 years ago. The setting, a basement shteible (small shul) in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. The congregants were ...

The Jewish ritual of bar mitzvah. which marks a 13-year-old young man’s assumption of religious and legal obligations under Jewish law. Israel_photo_gallery, CC BY-ND It is a common scene on many a ...