Tag: Bar/Bat Mitzvah
Curaçao or bust: A destination bat mitzvah scheduled for Israel goes Caribbean
When the Hamas terrorist attacks occurred in Israel on Oct. 7 and war immediately broke out, the plans of hundreds of b’nai mitzvah students worldwide intent on traveling to Israel to celebrate their major...
Israeli boy orphaned by Hamas attack to mark bar mitzvah
An Israeli boy whose parents, two sisters and grandfather were murdered in the Hamas attack on his kibbutz will celebrate his bar mitzvah on Thursday.
Ariel Zohar of Kibbutz Nahal Oz was saved from the...
Jewish Jamboree: Three Scouts celebrate bar mitzvahs among friends
The 2023 National Jamboree of the Boy Scouts of America ended on July 28 after 10 activity-packed days at the high adventure Summit Brechtel Family Scout Reserve in Glen Jean, W.V.
Contingents of more than 12,500...
13 years after saving infant, medics join ‘miracle’ bar mitzvah
In a heartwarming reunion, a team of medics were invited to the recent bar mitzvah celebration of Shmuel Kovetzik in Kfar Chabad, near Tel Aviv, whose life they saved at birth.
“We had a traumatic...
Stepping up to the plate: In a time of need, teens give back
Tutor a kid in math. Paint a community center. Distribute challahs to the homebound. Raise money for trees in Israel. Upgrade your school’s (or shul’s) recycling program. Save the manatees.
It seems that there are...
42 orphans joyously celebrate their bat mitzvah in Jerusalem
For 42 girls who came together at the Hadar Hall in Jerusalem on Monday, the idea of a bat mitzvah celebration had been something difficult to imagine.
The girls were all united; they were orphans...
Tiffany Haddish talks about bat mitzvah party, why her friends should study Torah
Tiffany Haddish’s bat mitzvah celebration on Dec. 3—the same day her Netflix series “Black Mitzvah” will debut—is set to be a grand affair with lots of dancing and celebrity guests, she told the Hey Alma website.
The 39-year-old’s...
New York twins donate $122,000 in bar mitzvah gifts to Israeli organizations
Benjamin and Brian Barth, 13-year-old twins from New York City, are passionate about the State of Israel and the transformative power of sports.
To celebrate their recent bar mitzvahs at Park Avenue Synagogue, they worked with UJA-Federation of New York’s...