What I always guide my clients to do is not get sucked into the mitzvah machine. And keep the focus on the child,” said Jean ...

Stars including Alicia Silverstone, Tiffany Haddish and the Haim sisters celebrated their Judaism as teens and continue their appreciation today Zoey Lyttle is a Society & Culture Writer-Reporter ...

Becoming a bar mitzvah or bat mitzvah marks a huge milestone for Jewish teens and their families ... popcorn, and cotton candy. Boardwalk Bar and Arcade has four spaces for semi-private and ...

and engaging more deeply in the Jewish community. For boys, the equivalent ceremony is called a bar mitzvah and typically ...

It’s something schools can use before the holiday to get students excited. It’s an activity youth groups can offer during ...

but you also don’t want to miss the parts led by the bar or bat mitzvah child. Cover your head Synagogue policies vary, but generally speaking, Jewish males cover their heads with kippahs and ...

Today, among his rabbinical duties as a rabbi at the Adventure Judaism Congregation, he prepares 20 students a year for B’nai ...

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I grew up in a secular Jewish household. But I always wondered how the Torah had continued to captivate people for thousands ...

The Bar/Bat Mitzvah Israel Experience Certificate program is designed to encourage every bar/bat Mitzvah to pursue his or her Jewish education by traveling to Israel with an Israel Experience program.

This year, JUF will designate more than $671,000 to address hunger issues in the Former Soviet Union and will allocate more than $150,000 in support of formal and informal Jewish education programs ...

The Bat Mitzvah is only practised by Reform and Liberal Jewish communities. The ceremony follows a similar pattern to the Bar Mitzvah and happens around a girl’s 12th birthday. During the Bat ...