Over 100 orphaned boys celebrate bar mitzva together Event sponsored by Colel Chabad helps children who have lost loved ones remember they are not alone By ToI Staff 31 March 2015, 4:46 am ...

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The war has left hundreds of Israeli families bereaved, and thousands of children facing life without their fathers. This year’s Colel Chabad Bar Mitzvah carried extra weight for boys who lost it all ...

The family was prepared to support Erez for his bar mitzvah without his father, who remains in Hamas captivity in Gaza. Erez Kalderon, who was released from Hamas captivity in the November hostage ...

Three IDF orphans were called to the Torah yesterday and received their tefillin in an emotional ceremony from the Organization for IDF Widows and Orphans that did not leave a single eye dry, ...

It's Hollywood - in an Ashkenazic-Jewish style. The first time I saw this clip, I was sure it was put out by the Diaspora Ministry, or the Public Diplomacy Ministry. Only afterwards did I find out the ...

In Judaism, having a bar mitzva signifies the important milestone when every Jewish boy agrees to take on the responsibilities of manhood. On Saturday evening, only 20-something years later than the ...

Hollywood actor David Arquette is planning to celebrate his bar mitzva at the Western Wall on Monday at the age of 41, only 28 years late. Arquette, who landed in Tel Aviv over the weekend, is filming ...

We’ve decided to dedicate the bar mitzva of our second son to life in the communities of Judea and Samaria, with guests and family from Hebron, Itamar, Eli, Gush Etzion, Har Bracha. I have led a ...

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Growing up in St. Paul’s Highland Park Jewish community, Rabbi Bernard Solomon Raskas was always a part of my life. He was on the bima for my Bar Mitzva at Temple of Aaron Synagogue. As a teenager I ...