Bar Mitzvah

Holocaust survivor celebrates bar mitzvah 80 years late

Holocaust survivor dances after reading Torah portion for the first time at age 93.

Three ways to develop a love for G-d

5 students celebrate belated bar mitzvah

Chabad Vienna hosts belated bar mitzvah celebration for 5 students in business school.

A US bar mitzvah boy watches his dream come true

Despite his illness, bar mitzvah boy succeeds in praying at Western Wall - together with singer Yaakov Shwekey.

Ethiopian immigrants celebrate Bar/Bat Mitzvah for 35 children

200 members of Tel Aviv new immigrant Ethiopian community celebrate a festive Bar Mitzvah ceremony for 35 of their children.

Watch: Soldier celebrates belated Bar Mitzvah

IDF reservist who never put on tefillin before celebrates his Bar Mitzvah with his fellow soldiers.

Jerusalem to hold 'sign language' bar/bat mitzvah celebration

Jerusalem hosts annual bar/bat mitzvah celebration for deaf children from all over Israel.

Orphaned Bar Mitzvah boys celebrate in Jerusalem

115 orphaned Bar Mitzvah boys joined in a celebration at the Western Wall in Jerusalem.

When Chabad united the right and left

Coalition Chairman Bitan and Opposition Leader Herzog celebrate at Chabad-organized bar mitzvah for 120 orphans.

Coming soon: Bar Mitzvah events on Temple Mount

New project seeks to organize Bar Mitzvah events on Temple Mount. 'Don't settle for Western Wall, focus attention again on important place'

Bar Mitzvah gift: IDF receives Torah scroll from Connecticut

IDF receives Torah scroll from Connecticut in honor of boy's Bar Mitzvah.

Watch: Bar Mitzvah celebration in fire-ravaged community

Nevo Reisman of Neve Tzuf was to celebrate his Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, but the fire changed the plans. The event was held Tuesday.

World's oldest man celebrates bar mitzvah

113-year-old Yisrael Kristal, a Holocaust survivor living in Israel, celebrated his bar mitzvah a century late.

World's oldest man celebrates his Bar Mitzvah

Holocaust survivor Yisrael Kristal has his bar mitzvah a few years late...100 years late.

World's oldest man to celebrate bar mitzvah

The world's oldest man, 113-year-old Yisrael Kristal, a Holocaust survivor living in Israel, will celebrate his bar mitzvah.

US envoy's son has bar mitzvah in Prague

U.S. Ambassador to the Czech Republic celebrates son’s bar mitzvah in synagogue that his ancestors attended before the Holocaust.

Jewish boxer has second bar mitzvah on Masada

Grandson of Holocaust survivor 'brought people to tears' with second bar mitzvah on historic Israeli site.

IDF orphans gain strength in America

Orphans of IDF soldiers are celebrating their coming of age, together, in a trip to America.

Autistic teen celebrates Bar Mitzvah

Teen able to mark an Aliyah to the Torah via the Shahak LeBnei Mitzvah program in Modi'in.

50 Holocaust survivors have a delayed Bar Mitzvah

In a moving ceremony at the Kotel, 50 survivors denied their Bar or Bat Mitzvah by Nazis finally get the opportunity to do so.

Florida official has belated bar mitzvah at Kotel

Florida Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera, candidate for Senate, recently 'came out' as Jewish.

Orphans celebrate bar mitzvahs in Jerusalem

110 Israeli children who are orphaned or lost one parent celebrated their bar and bat mitzvahs in Jerusalem.

Sick children celebrate bar/bat mitzvahs at Kotel

Kav Lachayim brings 22 sick children from around the country together for an emotional bar and bat mitzvah ceremony at the Kotel.

Watch: Celebrating 'Bar Mitzvah Time,' rap style

Black Jewish rap star teams up with maverick hassidic singer in a song to fund Bar Mitzvahs for the less fortunate.

Rivlin hosts Bar Mitzvah event for terror victims

We pay a price for our being Jews, President Rivlin tells 58 child terror victims who are celebrating their Bar Mitzvah.

Terror victim Naor Shalev celebrates Bar Mitzvah

Two months after nearly losing his life in brutal Pisgat Ze'ev stabbing, Naor Shalev is called up to the Torah at the Kotel.

How Palestinian terrorists practice ‘bar mitzvah’

James Franco to Celebrate a Bar Mitzvah

Comedic actor Seth Rogen plans to host bar mitzvah celebration for friend and fellow star as part of his Alzheimer's awareness foundation.

Shoah Survivors Celebrate Bar Mitzvah at the Kotel

After more than half a century, survivors finally undergo ceremony denied to them by the Nazis

Family Moves Up Bar Mitzvah to Show Solidarity

A resident of Queens, NY, decided that now was the time to come to Israel for a family celebration - rockets or no rockets.

Soldiers Salute Holocaust Survivors at Kotel

IDF honors survivors from mental health hospitals who held a belated bar mitzvah at the Western Wall.

Robbed by Nazis, Survivors Hold Belated Barmitzvah

Sderot Municipality and other groups organize Bar Mitzvah ceremony in 'an historic act of justice and kindness'.

'The First Time I Put On Tefillin Since The War'

MDA holds moving bar mitzvah ceremony at Western Wall for 87 Holocaust survivors who were robbed of the experience by the Nazis.

'Muslim Boy' Has Bar Mitzvah at Kotel

Yad L'achim rescued Jewish mother and her three children from abusive imprisonment in Arab village, now her son has become a bar mitzvah.

113 Orphaned Boys to Celebrate Bar Mitzvah

Colel Chabad in Jerusalem will host a mega bar mitzvah celebration for 113 orphaned boys and their families.

NYPD Officer Has Bar Mitzvah 14 Years Later

Mark Schwartz of Queens realizes bar mitzvah was something missing in his life, now feels 'proud to be a Jew.'

Bar Mitzvah: 'I Was a Gaza Muslim, Now I'm a Jew'

Bar mitzvah for son of Jewish woman tricked into marrying and living with Arab in Gaza, escaped amid escalating abuse.

Bar Mitzvah Boy Dies of Wounds

Nehorai Danino was mortally wounded Wednesday when an ATV overturned.

Photos: 111 Orphans Celebrate Bar Mitzvah

111 boys who have reached the age of Bar celebrated in a unique event organized by Colel Chabad in Israel.

Holocaust Survivors Finally Get Their Bar Mitzva

A unique Bar Mitzvah ceremony took place at the Kotel - ot for thirteen year old kids, but for a group of Holocaust survivors