Lola Rogin’s globe-hopping bat mitzvah
Lola Rogin talked to Jewish girls in five countries for her Bat Mitzvah project last summer.
It’s all in the delivery
Delivering a killer speech that makes the audience laugh, Bubbe and Zayde cry, and imports the wisdom of thousands of years of Jewish tradition...
Bar/bat mitzvah Q & A
Do I have to have a bar/bat mitzvah?
If you mean, do you need to have a ceremony where you read from the Torah, give...
My bar mitzvah: Words and meaning
When I chanted the haftarah during my bar mitzvah ceremony in 1992 at Temple Rodef Shalom in Falls Church, the words carried extra meaning....
Color in style for tallit, kippot
To find out what’s hot – and what’s not – in bar/bat mitzvah gift giving this season, I checked in with Leslie Kanner, owner...
Bar mitzvah in Israel gives child connection to Israel
There are bar mitzvahs celebrated at a local synagogue. There are bar mitzvahs held in large social halls, or country clubs. And then there...
Dedicated donations
Thanks to a close family friend, 13-year-old Dahlia Frier is aware of the damage Typhoon Haiyan wreaked upon the Philippines in 2013. So for...
Super mom faces super snowstorm
Seven reasons she stayed calm before her son's bar mitzvah
