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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
imageTsvi 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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