For boys, the equivalent ceremony is called a bar mitzvah and typically takes ... Traditionally, a bat mitzvah in an Orthodox ...

Bar and Bat Mitzvah ceremonies are significant because ... but she will not lead prayers or read from the Torah. Orthodox Jews see women and men as having different roles and responsibilities.

The bar mitzvah boy read from a Torah scroll donated by Jared Kushner, who helped broker a normalization agreement between Bahrain and Israel. (JTA) — The Jewish community of Bahrain celebrated ...

These are two Orthodox Jews from Israel. Orthodox means they ... When a Jewish boy turns 13 years old he has a Bar Mitzvah (Son of the Commandment). Some Jewish girls have a Bat Mitzvah (Daughter ...

Recent months were marked by significant escalation in the violence directed at women and non-Orthodox Jews praying at the Wall. At least five bar mitzvah ceremonies held in the ostensibly ...

Indonesian Rabbi Yaakov Baruch celebrates his son's bar mitzvah at the Kotel. (credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM) The greater Jewish community’s support for the about three-dozen-strong Tondano ...

The Rabbinical Council of America (RCA) created, in conjunction with the Chief Rabbinate of Israel, uniform Conversion Policies and Standards (“GPS”) for conversion to Judaism and a nationwide network ...