Celebrities Who Have Had Bar and Bat Mitzvahs: Mason Disick, Drake and More

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Mazel Tov! Mason Disick, Drake, Tiffany Haddish, David Arquette and more stars have celebrated the Jewish milestone of being a bar or bat mitzvah.In Judaism, a bar mitzvah is a coming-of-age ritual and celebration, with the term “bar” being used for boys and “bat” traditionally for girls. (The gender-neutral term is “b’nai mitzvah,” which can also mean that two people are being celebrated together.) While the ceremony typically takes place at age 13, some stars have celebrated the occasion later in life.Arquette decided to have a bar mitzvah when he was 40 years old while filming a travel show in Israel in June 2012.

The Scream star was born Jewish but did not practice the faith at home.“He was very emotional, saying he was happy to be part of the chain of the Jewish people,” Shmuel Rabinowitz, the Western Wall rabbi who presided over the ceremony, told the Associated Press at the time. “I’m very pleased to see a man who is returning to his roots.”The Never Been Kissed actor, for his part, took to Twitter at the time to share his accomplishment, stating, “I had my bar mitzvah today at the wall.

Finally I’m a man.”While Drake — who grew up Jewish — had his ceremony as a teen in 1999, he opted to recreate the event his way in his 2012 “HYFR” music video.“When I had a bar mitzvah back in the day, my mom really didn’t have that much money.

We kinda just did it in the basement of an Italian restaurant, which I guess is kinda like a faux pas,” the “Passionfruit” rapper recalled in an interview with Digital Spy at the time. “I told myself that if I ever got rich, I’d throw myself a re-bar mitzvah.