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, ...

I begin by extending warm wishes to those readers currently celebrating their most solemn and important religious holidays; to Christians I wish a blessed Easter, and to Muslims a Ramadan kareem and ...

Giant baskets overflowed with volleyballs, playground balls, baseballs, basketballs and soccer balls. The fabulous decorations were the beginning of a mitzvah project that would live on long after the ...

To prepare for their role in creating Adam Sandler’s latest movie, crew members hit the Toronto bar and bat mitzvah circuit. Production designer Perry Blake and set decorator Julia Altschul, guided by ...

Anything and everything goes these days for bar and bat mitzvah parties, planners say. The common thread is creating an event that’s personalized, unique and memorable. Micah Topche’s family of Center ...

PHILADELPHIA -- On an October night at a Philadelphia ballroom, guests enjoyed an elaborate cocktail hour with a raw bar. They recorded heartfelt messages into a rotary phone, which would be turned ...

The director of Netflix’s new coming-of-age comedy, You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah, has a confession to make: They bowed out of their own ceremony. “I got very nervous, and didn’t have mine ...

With the weak economy forcing lifestyle changes large and small, one of the mainstays of American Jewish life — the bar and bat mitzvah party — is undergoing some recession-era adaptation. Two women, ...

The movie stars Sandler’s real-life daughters and portrays a friendship that fractures during bat mitzvah season. (JTA) — To prepare for their role in creating Adam Sandler’s latest movie, crew ...