Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Jewish ritual of bar mitzvah. which marks a 13-year-old young man’s assumption of religious and legal obligations under Jewish ...

Uplifting moments of deep emotion and “simcha shel mitzvah” were experienced by all at the Bar Mitzvah for the 63 boys as they celebrated this very significant milestone in the presence of Roshei ...

In 1947, Ron Eliran’s 13th birthday in the British Mandate for Palestine was canceled when authorities called a curfew. Now, 77 years later, he has officially become a man. By John Leland The ceremony ...

Doug Emhoff has often spoken of the brown velour suit he wore to his 1977 bar mitzvah. On calls with Jewish donors, the three-piece fashion statement from the days of disco has become mythologized, ...

The bar mitzvah year marks a monumental transition in a boy’s life—a time of rapid physical, emotional, and social changes. It’s a time when guidance, support, and safe spaces to navigate sensitive ...

A bar mitzvah is arguably one of the most important events in Jewish man's life. At age 13, a boy is considered a man in the eyes of the Jewish faith and a celebration is thrown in honor of this major ...

Shas chairman Rabbi Aryeh Deri has announced a new initiative under which every boy in Israel who reaches bar mitzvah age will receive a free set of tefillin (phylacteries) and a prayer shawl through ...

It was his big day, and the Bar Mitzvah Boy was dressed for the occasion with a new gray suit and blue tie with Stars of David. He scanned the room and beamed at the gaggle of relatives and friends ...

JNS.org – Just weeks after being forced to flee their homes in the town of Zhytomyr, Ukraine, a group of 13-year-old boys participated in a bar mitzvah celebration at the Western Wall in Jerusalem on ...

Jewish Canadian rapper Drake joined Backstreet Boys onstage for a performance in his hometown of Toronto on Saturday and shared with the crowd a memory of dancing to one of the band’s classic songs at ...