In orthodox Judaism, which predominates in Israel, there is no special initiation ceremony for the passage from girlhood to womanhood. In rites of passage, even Israel's non-religious Jews follow orthodox rites. To try to hold a Bat Mitzvah at the Western Wall would cause a riot. An Israeli girl sometimes has a party at the age of 12, but that is all. In America, where the Reform and Conservative movements are strong, girls do go through a Bat Mitzvah. Orthodoxy, however, retains the patriarchal character of traditional Judaism.