Rabbi Linda Joseph

Headshot of Rabbi Linda Joseph set against a black background

Rabbi Linda Joseph (she/her) is a member of the CCAR Worship and Practice Committee. She is the rabbi of an adult-only congregation, Bet Aviv in Columbia, MD and teaches Introduction for Judaism online for the Union for Reform Judaism. Over the years, she has officiated at hundreds of Bet Mitzvah for those who are thirteen, those who are eighty-three, and adults who have never had the opportunity to be Bet Mitzvah.

an image of four people standing on the bimah, two women, a boy and a girl, leading their b'nei mitzvah - all four of them are covering their faces with their hands as they pray.
Lifecycle Rituals

Becoming Bet Mitzvah

Rabbi Linda Joseph
Rabbi Evan Schultz
Rabbi Gubitz outlined why many synagogues across the country are adopting a more gender inclusive term to name the Jewish coming of age ceremony traditionally called bat or bar mitzvah. Many communities striving to be places of belonging are wondering which term to use in their congregations.