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The first bat mitzvah was 100 years ago, and has been opening doors for Jewish women ever since

  • Written by Lisa Fishbayn Joffe, Director of the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, Brandeis University
The first bat mitzvah was 100 years ago, and has been opening doors for Jewish women ever sinceTsvi Reiter, Yvonne Reiter and Hei Le participate in Yvonne's bat mitzvah ceremony, which was performed over Zoom due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Lindsey Wasson/Getty Images News via Getty Images

March 18, 2022, marks the 100th anniversary of the first bat mitzvah ceremony in the United States.

Judith Kaplan, daughter of the influential rabbi...

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