mitzva

And yet, Ulta Orthodox Jewish children who have never left Brooklyn know that to kill Arabs is a 'mitzva' (holy commandment) for they are 'vilde hayeths' (wild beasts).

Education or mind infection? 2006

But I do know that this man has done a mitzva, a big, brave one.

"The Goldstone Report and the debate in Israel," by Edward C. Corrigan 2010

But I do know that this man has done a mitzva, a big, brave one.

Printing: "The Goldstone Report and the debate in Israel," by Edward C. Corrigan 2010

New York: Biblio Press, 1990. 303 p. First published by Bloch in 1978 under the title Written Out of History: A Hidden Legacy of Jewish Women Revealed Through Their Writings and Letters, this collection introduces general readers (including those fortunate to receive a copy as a bat mitzva present) to the life stories of illustrious Jewish women throughout history.

Annotated Bibliography and Guide to Archival Resources on the History of Jewish Women in America. 2009

Anshe Emet Congregation in Chicago made the bat mitzva a regular occurrence in the 1940s and held a service in 1952 conducted by women, at which women were called to the Torah for all the aliyot.

Annotated Bibliography and Guide to Archival Resources on the History of Jewish Women in America. 2009

Inspired by the burgeoning Jewish feminist movement, many women chose to undertake the necessary studies to become bat mitzva as adults.

Women's League of Conservative Judaism. 2009

According to Chesler, when it became clear to her that her bat mitzva would be marked by no ceremony, she broke from the formal aspects of Judaism.

Phyllis Chesler. 2009

The Brooklyn Jewish Center had its first bat mitzva in 1955 with the impetus coming from the Education Committee of the Hebrew School desirous of keeping girls in the School.

Annotated Bibliography and Guide to Archival Resources on the History of Jewish Women in America. 2009

King of the Seventh Grade (1982) is about a rebellious boy, son of an intermarriage, who finally chooses to become a Jew and celebrate his bar mitzva.

Children's Literature in the United States. 2009

“These are my children,” she once tearfully remarked at the bar mitzva of a child of one of the survivors.

Sara N. Evans. 2009