Even as newly minted Americans a century ago, Jews were eager to show their rising status in society through the bar mitzvah invitations that they sent. As Jenna Weissman Joselit wrote in her ...

I am in touch with the family, and they kindly invited me to her bat mitzvah. I am unsure if I should accept the invitation as I assume he’ll be there, and they’re technically his friends.

She is developing her bat mitzvah invitations into a book, I Got a Lot of Shirley Temples, and a website featuring images of the original invitations, toomanyshirleytemples.com.

Your child does not have to attend every bar or bat mitzvah to which he or she is invited. Much like those birthday party invitations that “disappeared” before your child ever knew they ...

When Will Bernstein’s only daughter, Marjolaine, asked for a video to be included in the online invitation for her upcoming bat mitzvah in 2012, he was surprised to discover that there were no ...

My Brother May Not Come to My Daughter’s Bat Mitzvah We are a tale of two brothers. Raised Modern Orthodox, I married out and am now raising my family as Reform Jews in Brooklyn.