There are few events in Jewish life as significant as a bar or bat mitzvah, the coming-of-age milestone often celebrated alongside a party for family and friends. And for such an important occasion, ...

This article originally appeared on Kveller. It happens around sixth grade — your child receives his or her first invitation to a bar or bat mitzvah. It arrives in your email inbox or by regular mail, ...

When I was in seventh grade, I only cared about three things: pulling off skirts over jeans, marrying Tom Welling, and having an epic bat mitzvah. It wasn’t the reading-my-haftarah-on-stage part that ...

Bar and bat mitzvahs have indeed become more elaborate, party planners, rabbis and guests say. The shift coincides with the escalating value Western society places on children You can save this ...

As October neared its end and my sister Elana’s bat mitzvah party got closer and closer, what had been occasional party preparations became a whirlwind of activity. Guest responses had to be obtained ...