I was anxious about singing biblical Hebrew in front of so many family and friends. By the big day, I had completely ...

There are few events in Jewish life as significant as a bar or bat mitzvah, the coming-of-age milestone often celebrated alongside a party for family and friends. And for such an important occasion, ...

Michael Witkes, who performs as Pink Pancake, revisits his Jewish adolescence in “Today You Are a Man!” at The Tank NYC. (New York Jewish Week) – When Michael Witkes arrived at his bar mitzvah party, ...

I was not supposed to like Netflix’s “You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah.” Here is why. Some 30 years ago, I created my own rabbinical cottage industry — observing and critiquing bar/bat mitzvah ...

A young Jewish boy celebrates his Bar Mitzvah with Colel Chabad at the Western Wall. In a sign of optimism and hope on an otherwise challenging day for Israeli society amidst the ongoing protests and ...

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Sometimes a movie hits you so aggressively Jewish, you're transported back to your own coming-of-age Hebrew school experience −a time when the weekly status symbol was whether you were wearing that ...

(New York Jewish Week) – When Eli Golden started 8th grade at a Westchester public school last fall, he had the ultimate answer to the standard question: “What did you do over the summer?” While his ...

I remember that she wore a white silk suit and an emerald green shirt. She looked beautiful, my mother, standing in the center aisle of the synagogue, at my bat mitzvah. I remember staring out at her, ...

Kamran Hekmati, 70, was detained earlier this year during brief trip; is held in notorious Evin prison; US calls for his ...

SAN DIEGO – The movie 31 Candles stars Jonah Feingold as 30-year-old Leo Kadner, who is short and dyslexic, and the woman of his romantic fantasies, Eva Shapiro (Sarah Coffey), who at 6’ 1 ½ is too ...