They say a boy’s best friend is his mother. For director Nathan Silver, she’s also his muse. The comedy is loosely inspired by Cindy’s experience as a culturally Jewish woman, who at 68, enrolled at ...

You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah is a coming-of-age comedy that follows best friends Stacy and Lydia who want to have an unforgettable Bat Mitzvahs. However, their plans take a comical turn ...

It's a Sandler family celebration in "You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah," an endearing coming-of-age comedy delivered with Adam Sandler's signature touch of sweetness mixed with a pinch of ...

I was not supposed to like Netflix’s “You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah.” Here is why. Some 30 years ago, I created my own rabbinical cottage industry — observing and critiquing bar/bat mitzvah ...

Open your heart and turn off your logic meter and you‘re going to enjoy “You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah.” You don’t have to be Jewish — or 13 years old — to appreciate this warmly wacky ...

There are so many things to love about the new Netflix film “You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah” that it seems almost churlish to single out the one big thing that I think it got wrong. So first ...

I remember that she wore a white silk suit and an emerald green shirt. She looked beautiful, my mother, standing in the center aisle of the synagogue, at my bat mitzvah. I remember staring out at her, ...

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 ...

The Saturday morning at SAJ, a Reconstructionist synagogue just a few steps away from Central Park, seemed to begin like any other. Outside, it was a bright and unseasonably warm December day, as ...