I was not supposed to like Netflix’s “You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah.” Here is why. Some 30 years ago, I created my own rabbinical cottage industry — observing and critiquing bar/bat mitzvah ...

In this op-ed, Jay Saper explores a progressive approach to Bat Mitvah, as laid out in the new book, Questions to Ask Before Your Bat Mitzvah For many Jews growing up in the wake of the Trump ...

The Saturday morning at SAJ, a Reconstructionist synagogue just a few steps away from Central Park, seemed to begin like any other. Outside, it was a bright and unseasonably warm December day, as ...