“Cha cha real smooth” is the most interpretive part of a hallowed staple on the bar and bat mitzvah circuit — the “Cha Cha Slide.” The line dance, a straightforward prompt whose lyrics are ...

Walter Spiegel, whose wife, Sharon, planned their son’s bar mitzvah at Jeremy’s summer camp, said his son was not particularly mature at 13 and had no interest in a formal party. However, since the ...

A state-of-the-art New York bar mitzvah owes more than a little to theater, and like all theater, it requires props. That's where Pat James comes in. An event planner with the soul of a Broadway ...

The parents of post-bar or bat mitzvah children often display their photo album featuring moments from the big day — their child holding the Torah, posing with family, hanging on for dear life during ...

It was also just a good thing to do.” Many of us may think of a “typical” b’mitzvah as a service in synagogue on Shabbat followed by a big party that weekend, often at great expense. But there are ...