bar mitzvah
Is ‘You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah’ good for the Jews — or Judaism?
By Jeffrey Salkin — September 5, 2023
(RNS) — Why is American Judaism bar/bat mitzvah-centric? Ask Adam Sandler and his family.
The saddest bar mitzvah in history
By Jeffrey Salkin — July 21, 2022
What happened recently at the Western Wall is an outrage. Orthodox leaders must speak out. Loudly.
Orthodox Jews attempt to reclaim part of Western Wall where other Jews pray
By Yonat Shimron — January 3, 2017
JERUSALEM (RNS) The Israeli Cabinet voted last year to turn Robinson’s Arch into a government-funded space for more liberal streams of Judaism, but Orthodox Jews are resisting the measure.
One century later, this man finally celebrated his bar mitzvah
By Yonat Shimron — October 6, 2016
JERUSALEM (RNS) World War I scuttled the family's plans for the rite of passage.
Conservative Jews furious with Israeli president over scrapped bar mitzvah service
By Michele Chabin — June 8, 2015
(RNS) Conservative Jews, called Masorti Jews in Israel, say President Reuven Rivlin's decision amounts to a de-legitimization of non-Orthodox Jewry.
Michael Douglas and Hollywood’s Jewish identity problem
By Jeffrey Salkin — March 18, 2015
(RNS) We need more Jews in Hollywood to stand up for Judaism and Jewish causes.
‘Dig’ uncovers an ancient Jewish sect and some scary nuns
By Kimberly Winston — March 12, 2015
(RNS) Biblical breastplates, menacing nuns and an apocalyptic Jewish sect. What is behind all that religious jazz in the second episode of “Dig," which aired Thursday (March 12) on the USA Network?
Faith & Reason blog lives: New home, new questions, same writer
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — November 4, 2013
The Faith & Reason blog, where readers discuss an issue or question in the news, has a new home at RNS. Opening question: Did religious school or teen programs make you the believer – or unbeliever – you are today?
Rabbi David Wolpe atones for humiliating a kid. Who’s next?
By Lauren Markoe — August 20, 2013
Rabbi David Wolpe, one of the most respected rabbis in the nation, has just apologized for publicly humiliating a 13-year-old boy.
Bar mitzvah training goes online in a digital age
By Jordan Friedman — August 15, 2013
(RNS) Some tech-savvy parents are signing up their kids for a more modern brand of bar mitzvah lessons, rather than schlepping them to the synagogue for the traditional one-on-one lessons in person.
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