Hello Everyone,
In Jewish American popular culture ( and since Jews played a prominent role in American popular culture probably all American know about this part of Jewish practice) the bar-mitzvah was a huge thing back when I was youngster. But all those years ago, even though boys were given the opportunity to run amok when they became adults at the age of 13, girls were not given the same opportunity when they reached adulthood at the age of 12.
Why not?
Today we will talk about the bat mitzvah.