Bar/Bat Mitzvah

Notes from a 13-Year-Old Rabbi

Today I become an adult rabbi.This June marks my 13th year since ordination as a rabbi, and my 13th year ...

We live in a provincial community in the UK and like in many provincial communities, attitudes towards women’s involvement in ...

I had planned to write about my eldest son’s bar mitzvah this weekend. I had planned to reflect upon some ...

The first time I officiated at a bar mitzvah was when I was the visiting rabbi at a young congregation in ...

The “Derby Bunch”, or “Six Pack” as my parents like to call them, are a motley crew of grandkids – ...

Tawonga just launched our very first bar and bat mitzvah training in the Bay Area, and I am so excited ...

My daughter Ktoret Ashira was born on Yom Kippur in Jerusalem in 2001. Two and a half years ago we ...

While the model is generally that students learn from teachers, yesterday I was reminded that teachers learn from students as ...

Bamidbar is my daughter Elena’s bat mitzvah portion. As she was approaching bat mitzvah, fifteen years ago, my father was ...

The simple answer, of course, is no. Bar/Bat Mitzvah is one of the most popular Jewish rituals in the United ...

If I close my eyes and sit quietly, I can still picture the expression on her face. My breath catches ...

I wore a white eyelet dress for my 1971 bat mitzvah. My mom bought it at a discount shop on ...