Jewish Community Relations Council/American Jewish Committee marks its 25th Annual Mitzvah Day, which takes place on Christmas Day, by expanding its volunteer efforts this year to the entire holiday ...

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. (WXYZ) — Hundreds of volunteers from the Jewish faith and others are delivering gifts and food to those in need as the annual Mitzvah ...

Mother and daughter stood next to one another at the bimah as part of a jubilant bat mitzvah ceremony. Then, one of them took a deep breath and began to recite verses from that week’s Torah portion.

As a middle child, I often get hand-me-downs. When I was younger, I didn’t really care that I received yearly batches of clothes from my sister Elisabeth, simply because I didn’t know any other way to ...

MESSAGE OF RESILIENCE IN A TEMPLE TUCKED AWAY INTO A PEACEFUL NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT OUTSIDE OF SACRAMENTO LITTLE HANDS ARE BUSY MAKING A DIFFERENCE. WE’VE ACTUALLY BEEN WORKING ON PUTTING THIS PROGRAM ...

The staff at Cass Community Social Services in Detroit need to serve hundreds of meals every day — holidays included — for families and individuals experiencing homelessness or poverty. Thanks to ...

This article was produced as part of JTA’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around the world to report on issues that affect their lives. (JTA) — Like many Jewish ...

My second chance was Sunday, June 5, as the only male in a group of nine adults, including my wife, Lauren, as I celebrated my adult bar mitzvah. A bar mitzvah (for a boy) or bat mitzvah (for a girl) ...

On January 9, Los Angeles Jewish Health celebrated the B’Not mitzvah of four of their residents: Casey Joseph, 69, Judith Karon, 83, Marcia Mass, 81 and Sue Solender, 80. “Having bat mitzvah at 83 hit ...

For 12-year-old Nomi Kline Solmsen, preparing for her upcoming bat mitzvah is a family affair. Her grandfather, a rabbi, is helping her learn to chant the words from the Torah. Her aunt, also a ...