A bat mitzvah is a traditional Jewish coming of age ritual, where a Jewish girl (at age 12 or 13) becomes a woman in the eyes of her community. Modern day bat mitzvahs typically consist of both a ...

We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. A bat mitzvah is a traditional Jewish coming of age ritual, where a Jewish girl (at age 12 or 13) becomes a woman in the eyes of her ...

Questions to Ask Before Your Bat Mitzvah For many Jews growing up in the wake of the Trump administration, publicly affirming our Jewish identity has increasingly become a political act.

Thirty years ago, I created my own rabbinical cottage industry — observing and critiquing bar/bat mitzvah, American style, and working on ways to improve it. Here was my basic point: American ...

The party included the elements you would expect to see at a Bat Mitzvah; dancing, an elegant multi-course meal, a professional photographer portrait backdrop, makeup, an art activity, speeches ...

There are a variety of reasons why someone may not have a mitzvah when they’re young: the financial pressures of a blow-out party; the relative rarity of bat mitzvahs until the 1970s ...

Open your heart and turn off your logic meter and you‘re going to enjoy “You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah.” You don’t have to be Jewish — or 13 years old — to appreciate this ...