Article: The Diary of Laura's Twin.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)

Article: Some young Jews seek out alternative bar mitzvahs.
National Catholic Reporter;  November 16, 2007 ;     376 words ...[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Hannah Nemer's bat mitzvah was still a year away, but already she...Rabbi ), who agreed to perform Hannah's bat mitzvah on a Colorado mountain, Hannah knew...was looking for. She celebrated her bat mitzvah two years ago and returned to her Reform...

Article: bas mitzvah
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English;      14 words ...bas mitz·vah / bäs ˈmitsvə / • n. a variant of bat mitzvah .

Article: Hyperion Books.(You Are So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah!)(Pond Scum)(If I Have A Wicked Stepmother, Where's My Prince?)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
Children's Bookwatch;  February 1, 2006 ;     218 words ......Rosenbloom's You Are So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah! (0786856165, $15.99) is both hilarious...ready for the highlight of her life, her bat mitzvah. She plans for success, friendships...with the mitzvahs, and conflicts, her bat mitzvah begins to look like more of a disaster...

Article: Rachel's bat mitzvah.(short story)
Highlights for Children;  April 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ...Tomorrow is my bat mitzvah. You should go to bed early, says...the only girl in the family, so my bat mitzvah will be the first and the last. I...warm covers, but my mother brings my bat mitzvah dress out of the closet. I take a...

Article: Bar Mitzvah, Bat Mitzvah
Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society;      700+ words ...Bar Mitzvah, Bat Mitzvah The bar/bat mitzvah ceremony is an important rite of passage for contemporary...development, probably dating from the late Middle Ages. The bat mitzvah was not mentioned until the nineteenth century. The Talmud...

Article: Bat mitzvah
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions;      50 words ...Bat mitzvah (Heb., ‘daughter of the commandment’). The status for a girl of attaining religious adulthood (cf. BAR MITZVAH for...

Article: bat mitzvah
The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable;      43 words ...bat mitzvah in Judaism, a religious initiation ceremony for a Jewish girl aged twelve years and one day, regarded as the age of religious maturity. The word comes from Hebrew baṯ miṣwāh ‘daughter of commandment’, suggested by bar of Chancery .

Article: The Invisible Book.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
Children's Bookwatch;  February 1, 2008 ;     115 words ......hachai.com The Invisible Book is rhyming picturebook in which a young Jewish boy considers the invisible nature of many things in everyday life...this delightful introduction to important spiritual concepts for young Jewish children.

Article: Rahlens, Holly-Jane. Prince William, Maximilian Minsky, and me.(Young adult review)(Book review)
Kliatt;  November 1, 2007 ;     328 words ......dissolving. Her mother puts all of her energy into planning Nelly's bat mitzvah, something Nelly doesn't even want. She believes in science, not God, and can't reconcile the two. Rather than work on her bat mitzvah plans, Nelly develops an obsession with Prince William. When...

Article: IRAN: DIRECTOR MYSTERIOUSLY "DISAPPEARS" AFTER MAKING MOVIE ON JEWS.(Brief Article)
IPR Strategic Business Information Database;  September 2, 2003 ;     199 words ......is about a love story between a Muslim student and a young Jewish woman. The movie tells the tale of a love story between a Muslim high-school student, who likes arts, and a young Jewish girl. This is perhaps the first time Iranian cinema deals...

Article: A Daughter Comes of Age.
Special Delivery;  December 22, 1998 ;     700+ words ......centered in difficult situations. When we were planning her Bat Mitzvah I began writing a speech to her that I'd planned to give during...felt that this ceremony for her was necessary because the Bat Mitzvah service and celebration would not be a time when others could...

Article: The high cost of religion. (rising costs of holding bar mitzvahs caused by more lavish ceremonies)
The Christian Century;  April 8, 1998 ;     548 words ......competitive bar mitzvah circuit in California. With grandchildren of bat mitzvah age--or in my case, confirmation age--I began to get grandparental...a steel-drum version of Havah Nagilah. Of course, a bar or bat mitzvah is not just a chance to throw a big soiree, Kizis explains...

Article: Bat Mitzvah experience sparks spiritual quest.(Columns)(Column)
The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR);  May 22, 2004 ;     471 words ......been an option for Jewish girls in this country to become Bat Mitzvah (daughter of the commandment) and celebrate their coming of...to think about what we believe. No one forced me to do my Bat Mitzvah study. I wanted to do it for myself and I allowed God or Divine...

Article: NO COMMENT.(Brief Article)
The Progressive;  February 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......scene. Unsinkable An item about a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, bat mitzvah in the Toronto Globe and Mail: A thirteen-year-old girl `obsessed' with the movie Titanic got the bat mitzvah of her dreams when a Pittsburgh hotel ballroom was transformed...