Bar mitzva

'I never had a bar mitzvah,' lone soldiers from Ethiopia to celebrate at the Western Wall

The ceremony is expected to bring together soldiers and soldiers without immediate family in Israel, many of whom immigrated alone and joined the Israel Defense Forces.

Soldiers praying at the Kotel in 2013.
Welcoming guests.

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Bar Mitzvah in Israel.

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Kemran Hekmati, pictured in a family photo. Iran charged the 70-year-old Jewish Iranian-American for traveling to Israel.

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Israelis crying out with joy for returned hostages

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Or Akiva Branch celebrates festive Bar Mitzvah for four celebrants.

 The Bar Mitzvah celebrations in Or Akiva

How Adam Sandler’s ‘You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah’ drew on real-life Jewish celebrations

The production designer and the set decorator of Sandler's new movie were guided by a local consultant on the Jewish coming-of-age ceremony and crashed 10 parties within a matter of weeks.

 Adam Sandler is seen on the set of Netflix feature film, "Hustle" in Philadelphia, Aug. 27, 2021.

'You Are So Not Invited': Adam Sandler's bat mitzvah film gets trailer

Whether You Are So Not Invited... will be the leaky fountain pen of bat mitzvah flicks or a joyful coming-of-age celebration remains to be seen, but Adam Sandler's

 ‘YOU ARE So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah’: From left, Idina Menzel, Samantha Lorraine, Adam Sandler, Sunny Sandler, and Sadie Sandler.

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As I stood beside him under that canopy a couple of days ago, I felt the same pride and joy as any mother watching her son getting married. 

 THE WRITER and Dan are all smiles at his wedding on Sunday.

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 CHILDREN AND their parents gather around a bonfire to celebrate Lag Ba’omer last year, in Tel Aviv. ‘We thought it was time to resurrect the holiday and make it relevant for our community,’ says the writer.

Brother of Huwara attack victims marks bar mitzvah at graveside on Remembrance Day

Israelis who had come to the cemetery for Remembrance Day sang happy birthday and Mazel Tov to Tzur Yaniv.

 THE FAMILY of brothers Hallel, 21, and Yagel Yaniv, 19, who were shot dead Sunday driving through Huwara, speak to press in Har Bracha, on Monday.

Chabad holds Kotel bar mitzvah ceremony for 121 orphans

This year's celebration was set against a backdrop of ongoing protests and turmoil in Jerusalem surrounding the proposed judicial reform.

 Colel Chabad Bar Mitzvah

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A father's message to his son for his bar mitzvah

As you navigate the world as a Jew, remember that the two most important traits of being a mensch are to learn and internalize two things: empathy and self-control.

 THE AUTHOR and his son.