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b’nai mitzvah

(From left) Rabbi Susan Silverman, Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback, Tiffany Haddish, Aliza Rose Silverman and Billy Crystal, who is filming a movie with Haddish. (JTA/Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Netflix)
Posted inComedy

Tiffany Haddish’s celebrity-filled bat mitzvah, in photos

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA December 4, 2019December 4, 2019
Weitzman twins Adam (left) and Noah (Photo/Alexa Garratt)
Posted inJewish Life

Marin twins’ new website promises easier b’nai mitzvah planning

Laura Pall by Laura Paull January 16, 2019
Quadruplets Noa, Nathan, Elie and Emma Friedman-Lowenthal lead kiddush during their joint b'nai mitzvah at Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco, Nov. 17, 2018
Posted inJewish Life

Quad Mitzvah — four babies born to Marin couple 13 years ago celebrate together

Laura Pall by Laura Paull January 10, 2019January 11, 2019
The 10 adults who became b’nai mitzvah at Temple Isaiah in Lafayette on Dec. 8, along with Rabbi Alissa Miller (bottom left), Cantor Leigh Korn (top left) and Rabbi Jay LeVine (top right) (Photo/Michael Fox)
Posted inJew in the Pew

Called to the Torah for the first time — as adults

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky December 19, 2018December 19, 2018
(Photo/file photo)
Posted inMixed & Matched

Is b’nai mitzvah prep too demanding on families’ time?

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler August 2, 2018
Esther Thorpe, left, identifies as non-binary and had a gender-neutral b'nei mitzvah ceremony with the help of rabbinical student Gabriel Webber.
 (Photo/JTA-Courtesy of Miriam Taylor Thorpe)
Posted inJewish Life

Non-binary teen’s gender-neutral b’nai mitzvah was ‘a big responsibility’

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten March 5, 2018March 5, 2018
Kevin Hoffman is hoisted in the air at the celebration of his bar mitzvah
(Photo/Cheryl Bigman)
Posted inJewish Life

This grief-stricken family got the chance to celebrate with ‘Wish Mitzvah’

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 27, 2017November 28, 2017
Steve and Linda Wolan with Rabbi Bridget Wynne (right)
Posted inJewish Life

It’s better together: Belated b’nai mitzvah rich in meaning for Berkeley couple

Elissa Einhorn by Elissa Einhorn September 12, 2017September 12, 2017
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Posted inColumns

Simple, biblical advice on keeping Jews learning after bar mitzvah

Rabbi Shlomo Zarchi by Rabbi Shlomo Zarchi August 10, 2017August 10, 2017
a generic image of a girl reading from the Torah
Posted inAdvice Mensch, Columns, Education, Kids & Family, Milestones, Religion, Jewish Life

If her Hebrew isn’t up to snuff, can bat mitzvah wait a year?

Jonathan Harris by Jonathan Harris July 26, 2017July 24, 2017

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