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 ...

This article originally appeared on Kveller. It happens around sixth grade — your child receives his or her first invitation to a bar or bat mitzvah. It arrives in your email inbox or by regular mail, ...

The Torah begins its description of lighting the lamps in the Tabernacle with the word “T’tzavveh” — “you shall command” or “you shall instruct.” That opening word echoes another familiar word: ...

(JTA) — Paul Pfeiffer’s bar mitzvah made Jewish television history when “The Wonder Years” devoted an episode to it in 1989. Pfeiffer, played by a Jewish actor named Josh Saviano, was the best friend ...

Congregation Beth El Binah helped plan and will participate in Mitzvah Day on Oct. 30 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Jewish Federation of Dallas. “Mitzvah” means “commandment.” To do a ...

After the incident of the golden calf, the children of Israel are anxious to reconcile with God. Their immediate inclination is to help build the Mishkan, the Tabernacle with as many beautiful items ...

I hope that we will take this lesson to heart and remember that Jews are commanded to observe the entire system of mitzvahs – ...

The Jewish coming-of-age ceremony stretches to accommodate the new gender fluidity. By Alyson Krueger Lion is a 13-year-old who lives in Brooklyn. The middle school student identifies as pangender, a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It is a common scene on many a Saturday morning in cities and towns across the United States to see seventh- and eighth-grade boys ...