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When Lilly Kossoff ’s parents, Ilona and Steve Kossoff of Largo, went to Israel on a Federationmission trip two years ago and climbed Masada, they knew undoubtedly that was where they would have their daughter’s Bat Mitzvah.
Last September, the Kossoffs and 14 friends and family members took a 10-day trip to Israel to do just that. More...
For most people, turning 13 years old is nothing more than induction into teenhood. However, for Jews, it’s a far more important and wildly more nerve-wracking year. It is that age in which Jewish boys and girls become men and women. More...
Welcome to the Jewish Press’ 22nd Annual Bar & Bat Mitzvah Planning Guide, a collection of stories and advertisements intended to offer tips to parents for Bar and Bat Mitzvahs yet to come, and to prompt memories of those already past. More...
Bigger was better for Aaron Tobin of Tampa, who became a Bar Mitzvah with more than 350 guests at his reception — about one-third of them from out of town. Aaron had one of the largest parties of the year, according to parents responding to the Jewish Press’ 2011 Bar/Bat Mitzvah Alumni survey. More...
Dolgin twins double their fun with B’nai Mitzvah