Stacy and Lydia are BFFs who've always dreamed about having epic bat mitzvahs. But things start to go comically awry when a popular boy and middle school drama threatens their friendship and their rite of passage.
Minnesota, 1967. Den handlesvage, jødiske akademiker Larry bliver klemt fra alle sider. Konen har fundet en anden og mere mandig mand. Teenagesønnen rapser penge til pot, mens datteren plager om en skønhedsoperation. Naboen gør indhug i græsplænen, og endelig afpresses Larry af en af sine elever. Desperat søger han efter svar, men rabbierne har kun flade floskler på lager.
Fresh out of college and stuck at his New Jersey home without a clear path forward, 22-year-old Andrew begins working as a party starter for bar/bat mitzvahs—where he strikes up a unique friendship with a young mom and her teenage daughter.
Den jødiske familie Krichinsky kæmper for at opbygge en ny tilværelse i amerikanske Baltimore i begyndelsen af det 20. århundrede. Sønnen Jules vokser op i USA og har derfor andre værdier end sine forældre. I stedet for et liv med hårdt manuelt arbejde forsøger han sig i stedet som sælger og ender med at åbne byens første tv-butik.
In 1980 the black Falashas in Ethiopia are recognised as genuine Jews and are secretly carried to Israel. The day before the transport the son of a Jewish mother dies. In his place and with his name (Schlomo) she takes a Christian 9-year-old boy.
Efter eks-manden Bill blev grebet i lag med mindreårige drenge, forsøger Trish at genrejse hverdagen for sig selv og sine to sønner. Men nu har den pædofile psykolog afsonet sin dom og vender hjem for at søge om tilgivelse. Hans opdukken er lidt af en overraskelse for den yngste søn, der troede, faren var død. Samtidig bakser Trishs to voksne søstre med deres egne karriere- og kærlighedsproblemer.
Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob er kendt som komedien, der trækker flest grin ud af sit publikum pr. minut, og betragtes af mange som Louis de Funès' bedste film. Denne holdning delte Golden Globe-juryen, da de nominerede filmen som "Bedste udenlandske film" - en ellers sjælden ære for en komedie. Legendariske Gérard Oury styrer med sikker hånd denne hysteriske historie, hvor vores spradebasse spiller den racistiske direktør Victor Pivert. På vej mod sin datters bryllup kidnappes han af en arabisk guerillaleder på flugt, og for ikke at blive dræbt må de stjæle tøj og identitet fra to berømte rabbinere. Jaget af terrorister, politi og de ægte rabbinere, skrues tempoet op i en grad, så mavemusklerne er sikre på at blive strammet op i latterkramper.
After moving from New York City to Indiana, a 12 year old navigates his parents' divorce, his impending bar mitzvah and his new school's social circles.
A boy's Bar Mitzvah looks set to be a disaster when it coincides with the 1966 World Cup Final.
Set in mid-70's, 12-year old Dvir Avni navigates between the equality values of his home-born Kibbutz and the relationship with his undermined mother, whom the Kibbutz members will to denounce.
Leo, a 30-year-old New Yorker who is having a Bar Mitzvah after meeting Eva, his longtime summer camp crush. In order to finish his mitzvah assignment and perhaps mature, he has to deal with, ex-partners, family members, and more.
All hilarity breaks loose in this heartwarming coming-of-age comedy when three generations of Fiedlers collide in a crazy family reunion. As they prepare for the biggest Bar Mitzvah on the block, they begin to see that they're much more alike than they'd originally thought.
The 2016 Broadway Revival of William Finn's Tony-winning musical. It tells the story of Marvin, a Jewish family man who leaves his wife and son for a male lover during the height of the AIDS crisis in 1980s New York City.
The early 1960s: In preparation for his Bar Mitzvah, a Jewish boy, Max Glick (Noam Zylberman) from a small Manitoba community with an overbearing family tries to navigate his coming-of-age with his family's condescension and bigotry using his sarcastic, Jewish humour. The town's rabbi dies, and a sub-plot develops in which Max's father (Aaron Schwartz) and grandfather (Jan Rubes)-both synagogue leaders-are saddled with a traditional Hassidic rabbi who sticks out like a sore thumb among the otherwise assimilated Jewish community. To make matters more difficult, Max likes a Catholic girl (14 year old Fairuza Baulk in just her third film), whom he later competes with in a piano competition. The quirky, fun-loving rabbi tries to help him with his problems, yet harbours a secret ambition of his own.
Filmed in Winnipeg and rural Beausejour, Manitoba, Canada.
Four young people on the cusp of adulthood prepare for one of the biggest nights of their lives – their Bar and Bat Mitzvah – balancing culture, religion and the chance to party.
An accident during a bar mitzvah celebration leads to a gendered rift in a devout Orthodox community in Jerusalem, in this rousing, good-hearted tale about women speaking truth to patriarchal power.
Enthusiastic emcee Taylor James (Tim Peper) leaves behind his home state of New Jersey when party planner Vanessa Dupree (Judy Reyes) hires him to work the busier New York City bar mitzvah scene. Tutored by slick Manhattan emcee Sebastian (George Valencia), Taylor spices up his wardrobe and becomes a more clever showman. Soon, he's a bar mitzvah celebrity. But when he has a disastrous problem with his glow-in-the-dark props, his career heads in another direction.
Four 12-year-olds—Sharon, Tom, Moishy, and Sophie—prepare for their bar or bat mitzvot.
Photos, home videos and especially a series of audios recorded without Julia's consent are the essence of this film that tells the story of a woman who got married despite having many doubts and who never tired of seeking her own happiness.