JTA — It seems hard to believe, but there’s never been a truly great bar/bat mitzvah movie — mostly because there just haven’t been that many bar/bat mitzvah movies, period. Yes, there have been ...

One of the most meaningful cultural and religious moments for many Jewish people is their Bar or Bat Mitzvah, the rite of passage that marks the transition to adulthood around the age of 12 or 13.