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


A second bar mitzvah

Life lessons passed down from generation to generation.

A second bar mitzvah is a rare and special simcha

For my son on his bar mitzvah

“Ironically, because you have been blessed with such good fortune, your struggle in life becomes even harder. Your struggle is not to get but to be. To be is harder.”

‘I READ everything from Stephen King to Soren Kierkegaard.’

Victims of terror come of age

The event was moderated by supermodel Esti Ginzburg, who told the young boys and girls never to give up on following their dreams.

Rivlin hosted a  bar- and batmitzvah event for children of families affected in terrorist attacks.

Cardi B hits the Bar Mitzvah circuit with weekend performance

The rapper posted on Instagram about her huge payday, playing a Bar Mitzvah in Manhattan.

Cardi B performs at the Global Citizen Festival concert in Central Park in New York City

Adam Sandler sang Bar Mitzvah Torah blessing with Howard Stern

“Isn’t that the single most weird situation in your whole performance life?”

Actor Adam Sandler

Son of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, executed spies, celebrates bar mitzva

Robert Meeropol, the son of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, celebrated a belated bar mitzva at age 71.

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Our bar mitzvah project in the Mumbai slums

Yoni Levy with the schoolchildren proudly showing off their newly found juggling skills with their own handmade juggling balls

This teen had a gender neutral b’nei mitzvah

As transgender and gender nonconforming people gain more acceptance, synagogues are having to think about how to welcome those with a diverse set of gender identities.

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VP Pence’s message to a Jerusalem bar mitzvah boy

“Your family and loved ones have given you a strong foundation to begin your passage into Jewish adulthood, and we know they are very proud of you for reaching this milestone,” he wrote.

US Vice President Mike Pence speaks to a crowd in Florida in August. Pence will be visiting Israel and its neighbors on January 20-23

Northern or southern hemisphere?

The makings of a meaningful simha become more complex when families are stretched around the globe.

People release balloons as they celebrate a bar mitzva near the Western Wall