Bat Mitzvah Cartoon

Bat Mitzvah Cartoon
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This is a response to an article on the adult bat mitzvah movement by Linda K. Wertheimer in the July 30 Boston Globe magazine. "During the last decade," Wertheimer writes, "the practice of an adult marking a bat mitzvah has become increasingly popular and an institution in both Reform and Conservative temples. Even Orthodox women are shaking up tradition, learning rituals once forbidden to them, though the pace of change is slower." Wertheimer's article focuses on the experiences of a group of women, including herself, at Temple Shir Tikvah in Winchester.