Non-Binary Mitzvahs: Making the Life-Passage Ceremony More Inclusive

Bar Mitzvahs are for boys and bat mitzvahs are for girls — but what about Jewish youths who identify themselves as “non-binary” or “gender fluid”? A recent article in The New York Times, by Alyson Krueger, explores the new and growing phenomenon of non-gender-specific b’nai mitzvahs, sometime referred to as “b mitzvahs.”
 
Quote: “It was a really terrifying experience because I had all my friends from my school there, too. But I’m lucky that everyone was super supportive. That’s also why the b mitzvah is amazing. You are supposed to be growing up through this ceremony, so having this part of me in there was important.” — Milah Carlone (pictured above).
 
Source: The New York Times
 
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