War-driven chaos leaves some stranded, others rerouted through Egypt and Jordan, and many with ties to Israel forced to celebrate apart from their families A Californian could not celebrate her ...

Chabad House Palm Beach celebrated three women who completed bat mitzvahs later in life with a ceremony at The Colony Hotel.

In 1957 Judy Stein was the first girl to have a Shabbat morning bat mitzvah in San Francisco. It was not without controversy.

In addition Mayor Brett Smiley, former mayor and congressman David Cicilline was also part of the adult bar mitzvah cohort.

There was never a question whether bar and bat mitzvahs were going to continue, says Rabbi Marla Hornsten at Temple Israel, ...

I’m guessing Providence is about to host something unprecedented – a mayor and ex-congressman getting bar mitzvahed at the same ceremony. That would be Mayor Brett Smiley and David Cicilline, who ...