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      bar mitzvah

      The Matzo Chronicles

      Long Island history gone awry: the story of my not-mitzvah

      By Karen Galatz Aug 10, 2022

      Israel

      Attack on bar mitzvah renews fight over Western Wall egalitarian area

      By Andrew Lapin, JTA Jul 8, 2022

      Bay Area

      Two Holocaust survivors celebrate long-delayed b’nai mitzvah together

      By Dan Pine Jun 21, 2022

      Film

      Is ‘Cha Cha Real Smooth’ the first good bar/bat mitzvah movie?

      By Andrew Lapin, JTA Jun 17, 2022

      From the Archives

      San Francisco’s first bat mitzvah in 1947 paved the way for others

      By Maya Mirsky Mar 29, 2022

      Opinion

      The first bat mitzvah was 100 years ago this week

      By Lisa Fishbayn Joffe, The Conversation Mar 15, 2022

      TV

      ‘And Just Like That’ finale: a ‘they’ mitzvah challenges traditions

      By Philissa Cramer, JTA Feb 3, 2022

      Religion

      These Jews want to normalize not circumcising

      By Ben Harris, JTA Oct 8, 2021

      Mixed & Matched

      Can we raise our child Jewish without a hard commitment?

      By Dawn Kepler Jul 7, 2020

      Mixed & Matched

      My son’s bar mitzvah has to be postponed due to Covid-19. What should I do?

      By Dawn Kepler May 12, 2020

      Religion

      A virtual bar mitzvah party — in a Minecraft replica of local synagogue

      By David A.M. Wilensky May 8, 2020

      Lifecycles

      PHOTOS: Drive-by car parade celebrates a socially distant bar mitzvah

      By David A.M. Wilensky, Norm Levin Apr 22, 2020
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