Lifecycle Rituals

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.

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.