Bar mitzva

Anti-Zionist Jews: The wayward sons of our generation - opinion

Some Jews seek Judaism without peoplehood; the Haggadah warns that faith and community are inseparable.

 A PRO-PALESTINIAN Jewish protester participates in a demonstration calling for the release of Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil, in New York City.
Providence Mayor Brett Smiley (L) and former Providence Mayor David Cicilline (M) gather for the gathered for our annual St. Joseph’s Day celebration on March 19, 2026.

First, second Jewish mayors of Providence, Rhode Island, share a bar mitzvah

 Pro-Palestinian demonstrators march past King's College, one of the few colleges that have divested from companies benefiting from the Israeli war.

Hearing Sieg Heil at 76: Why you can't kill the Jew inside - opinion

Bar Mitzvah boys the day before all the excitement begins.

Iran: You are so not invited to my sons’ bar mitzvah


Parashat Bamidbar: Four lessons for one's journey into Jewish adulthood

The Book of Numbers is not primarily one of danger and warning, but rather one of promise and preparation, albeit seasoned with a healthy dose of realism.

‘The Grapes of Canaan’ painted circa 1896-1902 by James Jacques Joseph Tissot, The Jewish Museum, New York.

Zoom-mitzvahs moving the bar on tradition - comment

One year ago, no one had ever heard of a Zoom bar or bat mitzvah.

DANIEL BREGMAN’S bar mitzvah on Zoom: There were all these people we could invite – Israeli friends and family in England and France who would have never been able to come.

74 bar and bat mitzvahs for deaf and hard-of-hearing youth held over Zoom

“2020 has been a particularly difficult year for the deaf and hearing-impaired population," said the International Young Israel Movement director.

Deaf and hard of hearing students celebrate their bar and bat mitzvahs over Zoom amid coronavirus pandemic.

Yigal Amir's request to attend son's bar mitzvah denied

Amir, the man convicted of assassinating former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, has never been granted a furlough during his 25 years of incarceration.

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90-year-old dies of COVID-19 while preparing for 2nd adult bat mitzvah

Her shiva was conducted over Zoom, with family and friends from as far afield as Canada, Brazil and Israel sharing stories about Barat’s colorful and friendly spirit.

Visitors release balloons as they begin celebrating a bar mitzva near the Western Wall in Jerusalem in February

Israeli government approves to reinstate some coronavirus restrictions

The message also stated that the Health Ministry will release a plan regarding the activity of daycares during coronavirus.

Alternate Prime Minister Benny Gantz (L) sits alongside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the weekly cabinet meeting, June 28, 2020

What is a Tallit?

Explore the meaning and biblical origins of the Jewish tallit.

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Courtney Cox surprises superfan with canceled 'Friends'-themed bar mitzvah

Thirteen-year-old Naftali Arden of Borehamwood, England, is a super-fan of the popular TV series Friends, and has seen it in its entirety no less than seven times.

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Celebrating your bat mitzvah in the time of the coronavirus

Throwing candy at the computer: Such is the bat mitzvah in the coronavirus era.

Lila Duke celebrated her bat mitzvah at home as more than 100 guests tuned in on Zoom

The bar mitzvah that almost wasn’t

At the age of 93, a man has his Bar-Mitzvah, because when he was 13 the Nazi's burned down his synagogue.

THE BIMAH in the ‘small temple’ after the war, when it became a furniture warehouse