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Bar & Bat Mitzvahs
Teenagers reveal why this service is different from all other services
Since the recent holiday of Passover was one of asking questions and thinking about transitioning from one state of being to another, it is an appropriate time to think of the bar and bat mitzvah in a similar context. These four questions — or more accurately one question and four answers — can be recited by 13-year-olds, but their explanations are particularly relevant for all of us.
Valley couple shares bimah for rite of passage
When Lee Larsen and Bob Clarke met in the 1970s at the 8709 Bathhouse — one of Los Angeles\’ best known gay social spots of the time — they never imagined that they would one day share a very different kind of aquatic experience.
Books: Identity search comes from a familiar place
Nora Raleigh Baskin\’s fifth novel for middle-graders is her first \”Jewish\” book. Her books are the kind that draw young readers with the simple truth all good writers seem to share
My bar mitzvah
Wyatt Isaacs recently celebrated his bar mitzvah through Nes Gadol, a Vista Del Mar and The Miracle Project program that helps children with varying degrees of learning challenges become sons and daughters of the commandment
Bark mitzvah goes to dogs in unique tzedakah project
When the boys decided to raise funds for developmentally disabled children in Israel, they made an effort to involve their families, their community and even their four-legged friends.
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