How to Use bar mitzvah in a Sentence
bar mitzvah
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Will, who pursues track and cross country, will have his bar mitzvah at the end of May.
—Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2023
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Just the right shoe was just the right fit for a bar mitzvah service project chosen by Will Labowitz of Glencoe.
—Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2023
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Take That performing in 2006, the same year as Elliot’s bar mitzvah.
—Town & Country, 9 May 2023
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There was Jeffrey, a Jewish man who had yearned to be a bar mitzvah, affirming his heritage, and was able to do so.
—Penelope Green, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2023
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Five decades ago, the luncheon for Andrew Stewart’s bar mitzvah became the first event in the Tree of Life synagogue’s social hall.
—Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2024
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This week, our son will be traveling to Israel for the first time as part of his school’s 8th-grade trip which also coincides with his bar mitzvah year.
—Rabbi David Baum, Sun Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2023
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Rather than have a bar mitzvah photo taken of her son, Mary commissioned an artist to create a portrait.
—Geoff Edgers, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2023
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During Menzel’s early days playing weddings and bar mitzvahs on Long Island in the 1980s, her goal was to get a record deal, not land a Broadway role.
—Ashley Spencer, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023
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Itay, the middle son, was missing at his younger brother's bar mitzvah Saturday.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 14 Oct. 2023
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To support his family while making his films, Mr. Daum often shot videos of weddings and bar mitzvahs.
—Joseph Berger, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2024
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Eighty years ago, my uncle Irwin Gerson celebrated his bar mitzvah in the Bronx.
—Gil Troy, wsj.com, 14 Apr. 2023
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Lear, who was raised in a Jewish household and received a bar mitzvah, was deeply troubled by Coughlin’s racist propaganda and screeds against the Jewish people.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 6 Dec. 2023
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In one memorable scene, Ben watches a video from his own bar mitzvah and hallucinates an interaction with his young self.
—Jourdain Searles, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Jan. 2024
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Saturday's service at Beth Shalom includes a bar mitzvah, a young man's coming-of-age initiation.
—CBS News, 14 Oct. 2023
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Daughter-in-law Sloane Udell said the victim was a celebrator of every occasion, bestowing cards and gifts to family and friends on birthdays, holidays, Halloween, high holy days and bar mitzvahs.
—Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2023
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Over the years, the line dance song became an international sensation, becoming a staple at school dances, sports events, Quinceanera’s, bar mitzvahs, weddings, and other celebrations across the world.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 8 Aug. 2023
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