Bat Mitzvahn.

1952 Amer. Jewish Yearbk. 156 Half of the congregations permit girls to be bas mitzvah.

1969 S. B. Freehof Current Reform Responsa 70 His daughter was Bat Mitzvah at the age of twelve.

1950 Liberal Judaism Dec. 54/1 They also conduct Bar Mitsvo services for their boys at thirteen, and more than ¼ conduct Bat Mitsvo services for the girls.

1952 Synagogue Rev. Mar. 223/1 A bar mitsvah and bat mitsvah class meets on Wednesdays at 5 p.m.

1959 D. D. Runes Conc. Dict. Judaism 31/2 Non-orthodox synagogues have a Bat Mitzvah ceremony for girls.

1962 D. Bridger & S. Wolk New Jewish Encycl. 43/1 All branches of Judaism oppose the cessation of Jewish education after Bar Mitzvah is reached. Some congregations have instituted a corresponding ceremony for girls called Bat (Bas) Mitzvah.

1977 Washington Post 3 Dec. b10/6 He..prepared young people for bar and bat mitzvahs.

1980 N.Y. Times 11 Sept. a19/3 Before my bas mitzvah a new building opened, with the 12 Tribes of Israel in dark blue glass, and a Hebrew school wing.

1985 N.Y. Times 9 May a31/1 A young Jewish woman who recently had had her bat mitzvah.

1986 J. Telushkin Unorthodox Murder Rabbi Moss i. 6 I joined for my daughter's sake. Jessica is in the congregation's bar- and bat-mitzvah class.