Bar mitzva

Amid conflict, Israel’s children find joy in music, sport and study - opinion

War has disrupted routines, but Israeli children across Israel continue to shine in music, sport and education with resilience.

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Mississippi River steamboats at New Orleans, 1853.

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Bar mitzvah at the Kotel, May 18, 2026.

Orphans who lost parents during October 7 war celebrate joint Kotel bar mitzvah

 A PRO-PALESTINIAN Jewish protester participates in a demonstration calling for the release of Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil, in New York City.

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Courtney Cox surprises superfan with canceled 'Friends'-themed bar mitzvah

Thirteen-year-old Naftali Arden of Borehamwood, England, is a super-fan of the popular TV series Friends, and has seen it in its entirety no less than seven times.

Courtney Cox

Celebrating your bat mitzvah in the time of the coronavirus

Throwing candy at the computer: Such is the bat mitzvah in the coronavirus era.

Lila Duke celebrated her bat mitzvah at home as more than 100 guests tuned in on Zoom

The bar mitzvah that almost wasn’t

At the age of 93, a man has his Bar-Mitzvah, because when he was 13 the Nazi's burned down his synagogue.

THE BIMAH in the ‘small temple’ after the war, when it became a furniture warehouse

Julian Edelman says he is studying for his bar mitzvah

Edelman, 33, also said he has attended synagogue during the football season.

New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman (11) celebrates on the field after defeating the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl LIII at Mercedes-Benz Stadium

Lil Dicky reveals what got his rap career started: Bar mitzvah money

When asked by Kimmel if his parents approved of how he planned on spending the money, Burd unhesitatingly shook his head and said "no" as the audience laughed.

JEWISH AMERICAN rapper Lil Dicky.

Syrian donates tree after bar mitzvah was canceled due to coronavirus

Aboud Dandachi isn’t Jewish or Israeli but he donated $18 in honor of Ruben Golran to the Canadian branch of the Jewish National Fund to plant a tree in Israel in the teen’s honor.

KKL-JNF Child plants tree sapling

Jeff Goldblum decided to be an actor while studying for his bar mitzvah

Jeff Goldblum recounts his history on TV, including how Judaism helped him decide to become an actor

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80 Holocaust survivors celebrate bar, bat mitzvah at Western Wall

"My two children don't live in Israel and I lost my husband a long time ago," said Bella. "This event was closure for me."

Holocaust survivors celebrate their bar mitzvah at the Western Wall, January 2020

Rabbi officiates bar mitzvah aboard United Airlines flight – watch

“He remarked that he knows the Shema, and says it sometimes, but he said he is 44 years old and had never put tefillin on in his life,” Rabbi Kalman Weinfeld explained.

A UNITED AIRLINES Boeing 787 Dreamliner

French Holocaust survivors celebrate bar, bat mitzvahs at Western Wall

‘I am doing this in memory of my family who died in the Shoah.’

Holocaust survivor Jacques Innedjian wears a tallit and tefillin as he celebrates his bar mitzvah at the Western Wall.