Two years before my bat mitzvah, I dressed up as a bar mitzvah boy. It was the holiday of Purim, when costumed revelers celebrate biblical Esther’s derring-do. I wore a red blouse with an oversized ...

Masks are the new kippah, said Chavie Knapp, a mother who is giving out customized masks instead of yarmulkes at her daughter Sophie’s bat mitzvah. “Masks have become the new normal,” said Knapp, ...

Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. A bat mitzvah is a traditional Jewish coming of age ritual, where a Jewish ...