Rather, she spoke after the service had formally concluded, reciting prayers and reading selections from the biblical passages out of a book. Even today, bat mitzvah girls in some communities read ...

Bat mitzvahs for Jewish girls mark 100 years and now more than a coming-of-age Since girls in the U.S. began having the public ceremony 100 years ago, more and more women have taken on a larger ...

Bridge to Bat City is the type of book I loved to read as a child; it’s a book about being an outsider—a weirdo, even!—but finding a place where you belong.” ...