The bat mitzvah herself wants the band to play Justin Timberlake. Her parents, however, do not want to “bring sexy back” to their family event, and want the band to play Debbie Friedman. They ...

I was anxious about singing biblical Hebrew in front of so many family and friends. By the big day, I had completely ...

The Sandlers know how to party – just ask Halsey! The singer – who performed during a bat mitzvah for Adam Sandler’s 13-year-old daughter Sunny back in May – compared the celebration to California’s ...

Sometimes a movie hits you so aggressively Jewish, you're transported back to your own coming-of-age Hebrew school experience −a time when the weekly status symbol was whether you were wearing that ...

I was not supposed to like Netflix’s “You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah.” Here is why. Some 30 years ago, I created my own rabbinical cottage industry — observing and critiquing bar/bat mitzvah ...