Judith Kaplan Eisenstein Judith Kaplan Eisenstein, the first American girl to mark her bat mitzvah, c. 1940s. Image from the SAJ Silver Jubliee Journal. From the Silver Jubilee Journal for the Society for the Advancement of Judaism, 1947. Print Full Image Rights Public Domain Date published 1947 Publisher Society for the Advancement of Judaism Publication Silver Jubilee Journal Related contentRise Up/Bat Mitzvah at 100 Lesson PlanPodcast: Episode 71: Bat Mitzvah at 100Encyclopedia Article: Bat Mitzvah: American Jewish Women