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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At Western Wall, Holocaust survivors finally celebrate their b'nei mitzva

45 men and women from the former Soviet Union belatedly mark the Jewish milestone in Jerusalem.

Holocaust survivors celebrate their bnei mitzvot at the Western Wall, November 2017

Alan Parsons celebrates bar mitzva of bass player's son in Jerusalem

Alan Parson has engaged in a longstanding feud with ex-Floyd member Roger Waters over his repeated performances in Israel.

Alan Parsons embraces 13-year-old Tal Erez outside the Yemin Moshe synagogue this week at his bar mitzva

WATCH: IDF orphans celebrate Bar Mitzva at the Western Wall

On the threshold of adulthood Bar and bat Mitzva event for IDF orphans demonstrates bright future ahead, despite suffering great loss.

President Reuven Rivlin hosts IDF orphans marking their bar-mitzva

Holocaust survivor celebrates bar mitzvah in Israel, 80 years later

Instead of celebrating his bar mitzvah when he turned 13, he was taken to the Warsaw Ghetto with his family.

Shalom Shtamberg, a 93-year old Holocaust survivor, is lifted on a chair during celebrations marking his bar mitzvah ceremony, a Jewish coming-of-age celebration traditionally marked by boys at the age of 13, in Haifa, Israel August 31, 2017.

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Disc: Nevertheless, I do not depart

Disc: Nevertheless, I do not depart

WATCH: Jon Stewart crashes Jimmy Kimmel bar mitzvah interview

Somebody's feelings were hurt!

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Child victims of terrorism celebrate bnei mitzva with the Rivlins

On Monday evening they continued a 15-year tradition of Israel’s presidents by hosting victims of terrorism who were celebrating their bar and bat mitzva.

PRESIDENT REUVEN RIVLIN and his wife, Nechama, (center) host victims of terrorism who were celebrating their bnei mitzva last night.