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Article: Bar Mitzvah, Bat Mitzvah
Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society;      700+ words ...Bar Mitzvah, Bat Mitzvah The bar/bat mitzvah ... beginning of ritual adulthood. The term bar mitzvah can be found in Talmudic literature ... At that point, a male became a "bar mitzvah" (literally, "son of the commandment ...

Article: What bar mitzvah is about
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  February 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... Bergen County, NJ) 02-01-2004 What bar mitzvah is about Date: 02-01-2004, Sunday ... Column: YOUR VIEWS "50 grand for a bar mitzvah, and the kid isn't even Jewish ... what these children who are having "bar mitzvah-like" parties are being taught about ...

Article: FAMOUS TALES OF THE Bar Mitzvah: How Chico Pawned ...
Jewish Exponent;  August 15, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... 08-15-1996 FAMOUS TALES OF THE Bar Mitzvah: How Chico Pawned Harpo's Watch ... . In 1991, the Bar Mitzvah of TV star Fred Savage made the papers ... Herbert), all celebrated their Bar Mitzvah - and wrote about their experiences ...

Article: A look at the modern bar mitzvah from the outside
Washington Jewish Week;  October 25, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... planning for my second son to become a bar mitzvah, these words ring all too true. But ... you've got to pull off a colossal bar mitzvah bash in less than a year?! The first ... outside looking in at the modern American bar mitzvah phenomenon. And how he might interpret ...

Article: A lighthearted bar mitzvah guide for the perplexed
Washington Jewish Week;  August 25, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Bar mitzvah boy, bar mitzvah boy, Put away your childish toys. From Dan to Beersheva the ... friends, both Jewish and Christian, may never have attended a bar mitzvah ceremony. Therefore, we offer this guide to the morning's ...

Article: An American bar mitzvah in Beijing
Washington Jewish Week;  November 13, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Isaac Shapiro stepped up to become a bar mitzvah. After attending a night of competition ... said Shapiro's mother, Marjie. The bar mitzvah boy chanted the Manir and haftarah in ... competitive gymnast. When Shapiro's bar mitzvah tutor in Chicago, a photographer for ...

Article: Mass bar mitzvah in Moscow; Thirteen is indeed a ...
Cleveland Jewish News;  June 27, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... Berkovsky began thinking about their own son's bar mitzvah when they first attended a bar mitzvah ceremony while visiting New York. But the ... couple said they never imagined their son's bar mitzvah would turn into the large-scale event they ...