"Bat Mitzvah Comes of Age"

The Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta (MJCCA, 5324 Tilly Mill Road) presents a unique exhibition in its Katz Family Mainstreet Gallery entitled, Bat Mitzvah Comes of Age, celebrating Bat Mitzvah’s 90th Anniversary. This traveling exhibition features the remarkable story of how, in less than a century, individual girls, their parents and their rabbis challenged and changed communal values and practice to institute this now widely practiced Jewish ritual. Bat Mitzvah Comes of Age opens June… Show more 18 and continues through September 19, 2012.

To mark the 90th anniversary of Judith Kaplan’s bat mitzvah, the National Museum of American Jewish History (In Philadelphia, PA), and Moving Traditions have collaborated to organize Bat Mitzvah Comes of Age. The exhibition includes oral history recordings of bat mitzvah stories from around the country and across Jewish movements, a timeline of relevant historical milestones and an interactive component in which visitors can share their coming-of-age stories and photos. Weaving the stories of the evolution of American Jewish life with 20th century feminism, the exhibition includes narratives and artifacts from everyday trendsetters to prominent women, such as Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, and activist Ruth Messinger, to illustrate the substantial impact of bat mitzvah on Jewish life across the religious spectrum, and on the girls (now women) themselves.

The Katz Family Mainstreet Gallery is located at the MJCCA, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody.
Gallery hours: Mondays – Thursdays, 6:00 am – 10:00 pm; Fridays 6:00 am – 6:00 pm; Saturdays 8 am – 6 pm; and Sundays, 8 am – 8 pm. Admission is Free.

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