Judith Kaplan Eisenstein

Judith Kaplan
BornSeptember 10, 1909
DiedFebruary 14, 1996(1996-02-14) (aged 86)
EducationColumbia University, Juilliard School, Jewish Institute of Religion, Jewish Theological Seminary Teachers Institute
Known forAuthor, musicologist and composer, first to publicly celebrate a Bat Mitzvah
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Juilliard School, New York

Judith Eisenstein (née Kaplan; September 10, 1909 – February 14, 1996) was an author, musicologist, composer, theologian and the first person to celebrate a bat mitzvah publicly in America (see below).