Getting a child ready for their b’nai mitzvah requires intensive preparations. For parents of children with disabilities or ...

The bat mitzvah is a coming-of-age ceremony for Jewish girls—one that celebrates their transition into adulthood. These are ...

As the wildfires devoured our neighborhoods and people’s homes, schools, businesses, sanctuaries, and lives went up in flames, we celebrated our eldest’s bat mitzvah. Amidst unimaginable and ...

“This will be the first opportunity for the Jewish people, from the Diaspora and from Israel, to get together in a ...

it bears noting that Sam Horowitz and his parents aren’t the standard-bearers of over-the-top bar/bat mitzvah celebrations. That distinction arguably belongs to David H. Brooks. In 2005 ...

On Saturday, February 8th, 2025 (10th of Shevat, 5785), Banyan Bratter will be called to the Torah as Bar Mitzvah at ...

The future of Reform congregations depends on their willingness to adapt while staying rooted in Jewish tradition. The key ...

Louis Keene is covering the fires in Los Angeles, where he is based. Follow him on X for live updates. Rabbi Paul Kipnes swept the placemats and coffee mugs off his kitchen table, and laid a ...

Rabbi Nicole Guzik celebrated her daughter’s bat mitzvah as the Los Angeles fires obliterated local neighborhoods and found ...

Indonesian Rabbi Yaakov Baruch celebrates his son's bar mitzvah at the Kotel. (credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM) The greater Jewish community’s support for the about three-dozen-strong Tondano ...

I can’t replace people’s lost heirlooms, but by making them new ketubahs, I hope I can help them take a small step towards healing.” ...

The ritualized, singsong reading from Torah scrolls called cantillation, learned by Jewish boys (and girls ... found themselves needing to hold a bar mitzvah ceremony over Shabbat while evacuated ...