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, ...

12-year-old Avital "Tali" David celebrated her Bat Mitzvah at Temple Emanuel in Gastonia. The Bat Mitzvah ceremony marks a girl's transition to adulthood in Judaism. Tali spent months preparing for ...

A pair of Jewish congregations in Palm Beach hosted bat mitzvah ceremonies this month for more than 20 women who had limited opportunity to celebrate when they were teenagers. The Chabad House Palm ...

I begin by extending warm wishes to those readers currently celebrating their most solemn and important religious holidays; to Christians I wish a blessed Easter, and to Muslims a Ramadan kareem and ...

The March 26 event at The Colony included a recitation of a chapter of Psalms, an address from Rabbi Zalman Levitin and a video presentation. The four women took an eight-week bat mitzvah course prior ...

One of the most well-known Jewish traditions is the bar or bat mitzvah, when teens are given the chance to ascend to Jewish adulthood in front of their friends, family and fellow congregants. But for ...

A bar or bat mitzvah is a seminal moment in a young Jewish person’s life. Preparation can take as long as a year, and family comes from far and wide to experience one of the most important ceremonies ...

Seventh-grade student Maya Klein wanted to do something big for her bat mitzvah project. Serving as a community-oriented initiative for Jewish teenagers, the project is meant to have a positive impact ...