Suggestions for adding social action to this rite of passage.

The defining moment of the ceremony is the child's first aliyah, but children may also play additional roles in the service.

What to expect and how to behave at a bar/bat mitzvah service.

Interfaith families should ask the rabbi about synagogue policies and honestly examine both parents' attachments to Judaism.

Education is a deeply embedded value in Jewish tradition.

A family educator offers words of advice to the family.

Divorced parents must rise above their own differences and make the day special for the child.

Countless organizations, both Jewish and not, are dedicated to Holocaust education and supporting survivors.

Jewish tradition teaches that every human being is created in the image of God and therefore is possessed of infinite worth.

The imperative of saving a life is so great that all but three of Judaism’s religious commandments can be suspended if a life is at stake.