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, ...

(The Conversation) — Judith Kaplan became the first American bat mitzvah in 1922. The Jewish coming-of-age ceremony has become more popular for girls ever since. (The Conversation) — March 18, 2022, ...

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 ...

Two years before my bat mitzvah, I dressed up as a bar mitzvah boy. It was the holiday of Purim, when costumed revelers celebrate biblical Esther’s derring-do. I wore a red blouse with an oversized ...

Adam Sandler has played a wedding singer at a bar mitzvah and sang about a bar mitzvah boy. For his next piece of mitzvah-themed piece of entertainment, he, and his family, are turning into You Are So ...

The bat mitzvah is a coming-of-age ceremony for Jewish girls. In the first official ceremony of its kind, on March 18, 1922, a young girl named Judy Kaplan took on the obligations and responsibilities ...

It's a Sandler family celebration in "You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah," an endearing coming-of-age comedy delivered with Adam Sandler's signature touch of sweetness mixed with a pinch of ...

Tiffany Haddish, the comedian and breakout star from “Girls Trip” and “Night School,” has a new stand-up special on Netflix and with it, a new religious identity. “Black Mitzvah” was released Tuesday ...

My bat mitzvah was an unmitigated disaster. I’d hoped the guests would be as taken as I was with my dress, first high heels and the orange and yellow petit fours at the Kiddush. But instead, they were ...

Adam Sandler’s 13-year-old daughter, Sunny, celebrated becoming a bat mitzvah with a star-studded party attended by Jennifer Aniston, Charlie Puth and more. TikTok user Lilah Newkirk posted a video ...

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