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Batmitzvah
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
Batmitzvah mums and daughters for Myisrael, February 2023.
March 3, 2023, 12:04 pm
OPINION: Mother-daughter Israel trip was far more meaningful than either of us expected
Mum Lauren Praverman's group trip to Israel with batmitzvahed daughter Ella helped her see "the positive impact even small acts of kindness have on people in need".
By Michelle Rosenberg
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
May 31, 2022, 2:44 pm
An unconscious coupling which might encourage more attendance at zoom batmitzvahs
The Temple Beth El in Minneapolis was hosting a batmitzvah ceremony online when a couple got intimate - without realising they had not switched their camera off
By Toby Porter
The scene of a Jewish Simcha
December 11, 2017, 12:13 pm
Couple suing hotel for ‘starving’ guests at daughter’s batmitzvah
Manhattan pair are taking legal action after guests of their 12-year-old's coming of age party are left hungry
By JTA
Abi Boyden, left and Rachel Weller, right, with a selection of their cards
October 18, 2017, 3:14 pm
Batmitzvah girls’ cards initiative raises money for disability charity
Abi Boyden and Rachel Weller are helping Israeli charity Beit Issie Shapiro by designing and selling Mazel Tov cards
By Jewish News Reporter
Senna reading from the Torah on her big day
May 18, 2017, 12:18 pm
School refuses pupil time off for batmitzvah
A batmitzvah girl’s parents have angrily complained to her school for not allowing her time off to prepare for her big day
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
Three times the nachas: Amy, Jack and Dahlia Rodinsky
December 21, 2015, 11:00 am
Once, twice, three times our mitzvah!
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