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October 22, 2024, 4:07 pm
Party time! See you THIS SUNDAY at Jewish News’ simcha show!
The Jewish News Big Event on Sunday 3 November will have all the suppliers you need under one roof
Blake, Nikki, Ryder, Marc and Mason Jacobs
December 5, 2023, 3:28 pm
‘This weekend should have been our son’s barmitzvah – we’ll still mark his coming of age’
Joshua Jacobs and Kitty Doerfler didn’t live long enough to have a barmitzvah or a batmitzvah but their parents still chose to commemorate the occasions
By Louisa Walters
Josh waves the Israeli flag at his wedding. Photo: Sacha Johnstone
October 18, 2023, 11:45 pm
‘It wasn’t the buildup we wanted but it was the simcha everyone needed’
Weddings and barmitzvahs went ahead last weekend with increased emotion and lots of flag waving
By Louisa Walters
SEED batmitzvah trip to Israel 2023
February 27, 2023, 3:43 pm
Planting seeds: 100 parents and children fly to Israel for coming of age celebrations
Adult and family education charity Seed runs concurrent batmitvah and barmitzvah trips of a lifetime
By Michelle Rosenberg
August 12, 2022, 4:27 pm
New Netflix movie showcases barmitzvah
By New York Jewish Week
Ivor Lethbridge with grandson Zak preparing for their barmitzvahs. Picture: BBC
April 5, 2022, 1:07 pm
Grandfather and grandson barmitzvahed on the same day for BBC documentary
Airing next week, ‘Growing Old: A Believer’s Guide’ follows 83-year-old Ivor Lethbridge celebrating second coming of age alongside 13-year-old Zak.
By Stephen Oryszczuk
Jack and Louis Feldman mark their third coming of age
August 10, 2018, 11:47 am
Twins come of age again at 96!
Identical 96-year-old twins Jack and Louis Feldman will mark their third coming of age at a special barmitzvah takes place this Shabbat when
Hanoch Shachar
March 11, 2018, 11:27 am
Holocaust survivor has belated barmitzvah in memory of family
Hanoch Shacharm 83, who lost his whole family in the Shoah, fulfilled his 'dream'
By JTA
Final simcha: Rabbi Steven Katz, right, with barmitzvah boy Daniel Fields and Dr Paul Fields
July 12, 2017, 5:24 pm
Last shabbat service at Hendon Reform shul
500 congregants mark emotional farewell at Danescroft Avenue after 53 years at the site
By Brigit Grant
Jews of colour include famous rapper Drake
March 3, 2017, 2:25 pm
Drake and Jamie Foxx perform at flashy bar mitzvah that shocked Netherlands
Dutch tabloids recently had to teach their readers about bar mitzvahs, as two stars came to town
By Cnaan Liphshiz (JTA)
Andrew Voelke with IDF chaplain putting on tefillin
November 14, 2016, 2:25 pm
How IDF orphans celebrate their bar and batmitzvahs
Coming of age is a rite of passage for every Jewish youngster, including the 3,000 young IDF orphans
By Lisa Sanders
Chief Rabbi Mirvis
September 13, 2016, 5:09 pm
Chief unveils groundbreaking bar and batmitzvah scheme
More than 100 rabbis introduced to new Duke of Edinburgh-style awards scheme aimed at broadening the coming-of-age ceremony.
By Justin Cohen
May 26, 2016, 11:03 am
Barmitzvah boy’s run for refugees
Jamie Richardson completes half-triathlon for World Jewish Relief
By Andrew Sherwood
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