Who wouldn't want to read a book that promises to transform parents from "taskmasters to team members supporting an exciting and motivated student" preparing for bar or bat mitzvah? B-Mitzvah (as ...
When Isa Aron considers b’nai mitzvah today, she gets the impression that parents — and sometimes synagogues — care more about their son or daughter performing flawlessly when on the bimah than they ...
“Rabbi, I never expected to be so proud. I go to bar mitzvahs all the time. I never understood what other parents were kvelling about until today. My kid was amazing!” As a congregational rabbi, I am ...
(JTA) — Feeling the sand between her toes was Teva Goldstein’s favorite part of her December 2021 bat mitzvah on the island of Maui. She and her family all wore white, accessorized with purple leis.
This article was produced as part of JTA’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around the world to report on issues that affect their lives. (JTA) — Like many Jewish ...
Michal Morris Kamil became a rabbi in her 50s after three decades as a Jewish educator. As she told Philadelphia Jewish Exponent upon her hiring by Congregation Beth El-Ner Tamid in 2024, she pursued ...
March 18, 2022, marks the 100th anniversary of the first bat mitzvah ceremony in the United States. Judith Kaplan, daughter of the influential rabbi Mordechai Kaplan, became the first woman to ...
Cardi B and Rich the Kid have each reached a new milestone in the rap game: being hired to perform at the traditional Jewish coming-of-age celebration known as a bar mitzvah (for boys) or a bat ...