“Cha cha real smooth” is the most interpretive part of a hallowed staple on the bar and bat mitzvah circuit — the “Cha Cha Slide.” The line dance, a straightforward prompt whose lyrics are ...

Anything and everything goes these days for bar and bat mitzvah parties, planners say. The common thread is creating an event that’s personalized, unique and memorable. Micah Topche’s family of Center ...

Sylvia Faith Anne Meyer will become a bat mitzvah Saturday morning, Jan. 17, at Congregation Mishkan Or. Sylvia is the ...

The director of Netflix’s new coming-of-age comedy, You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah, has a confession to make: They bowed out of their own ceremony. “I got very nervous, and didn’t have mine ...

The Jewish ceremony can be the setting for a sharp look at growing up. But it has too often been used for glosses that ignore the rite’s deeper meaning. By Esther Zuckerman In the Jewish faith you ...

(JTA) – It seems hard to believe, but there’s never been a truly great bar/bat mitzvah movie — mostly because there just haven’t been that many bar/bat mitzvah movies, period. But after that, things ...