Here’s how to plan a pandemic bar/bat mitzvah
When the world shut down last March as fear spread that the coronavirus was as lethal as it was unknown, Ben Pollack was days...
‘I had my bar or bat mitzvah during the pandemic’
“It was like a 'M*A*S*H' field hospital,” Gary Singer says, describing his daughter, Dalia’s, bat mitzvah on March 28.
“We built our own ark in...
Charles David Korn Buckles
Charles David Korn Buckles will celebrate his bar mitzvah at Ohr Kodesh Congregation on March 14. Charlie will be the second generation of his...
Sharing your bar or bat mitzvah with another teen
For a boy or girl turning 13, their bar or bat mitzvah is treated as a special day. But what happens if it’s someone...
My secret bat mitzvah project
Here's what one sneaky mom and her accomplices did for one very surprised girl
Going to the dogs (and cats)
Animal-loving kids talk about their b'nai mitzvah projects
The party isn’t all fun and games. Well, yes it is.
Young teenagers aren’t too old to play games. And it’s so much better than hanging out with the boring adults. We asked several local...
How Leah Sachs changed her synagogue
At her bat mitzvah, Congregation B’nai Tzedek will not be the same place it was 13 years ago
Humanistic Judaism tries the ‘Cultural B Mitzvah’ on for size
By the time she was 9, Mariel Brunstein knew she wanted to have a bat mitzvah. The problem, which kept her from having a...
Zara’s African adventure
For her mitzvah project, Zara Ducker of Bethesda built houses in Zambia
