Download or read book Bar Bat Mitzvah Sourcebook written by Behrman House and published by Behrman House, Inc. This book was released on 2005-06 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The leading thinkers in Jewish education today analyze current practices reflect on the social and psychological aspects of Bar/Bat Mitzvah provide examples of programs to replicate address concerns of those with special needs outline creative family education opportunities and successful mitzvah programs and provide strategies for teaching trope. Fifty chapters written by cantors rabbis directors of education and scholars. Results of a survey of Bar/Bat Mitzvah educators included.

Download or read book Bar Bat Mitzvah Basics 2 e written by Helen Leneman and published by Jewish Lights Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to manage the process with grace, joy and good sense. A practical guide that gives parents and teens the "how-to" information they need to navigate the bar/bat mitzvah process and grow as a family through this experience. For the first time in one book, everyone directly involved offers practical insights into how the process can be made easier and more enjoyable for all. Rabbis, cantors and Jewish educators from the Reform, Conservative and Reconstructionist movements, parents, and even teens speak from their own experience. - What's it all about? - Preparation for Parent and Child - Tutoring, stress, expectations, enjoyment, planning for children with special needs - Negotiating the ceremony and celebration - Designing a creative service, heightening the spiritual exercise, special issues related to divorced and interfaith families, planning a party that neither breaks the bank nor detracts from the inherent spirituality of the event.

Download or read book Bar and Bat Mitzvah in Israel written by Judith Isaacson and published by Israel Info-Access. This book was released on 1998 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the sourcebook for families of any Jewish denomination who are interested in celebrating a bar or bat mitzvah in Israel. It provides a good picture of the sites available and the options at each location.

Download or read book The Complete Bar bat Mitzvah Book written by Patti Moskovitz and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical and friendly guide for students and parents -- a guide that focuses on both the service and the reception, incorporating the experiences and rituals of families from all traditions.

Download or read book Reclaiming Bar Bat Mitzvah as a Spiritual Rite of Passage written by Goldie Milgram and published by Reclaiming Judaism. This book was released on 2014 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to creating a Bar/Bat Mitzvah experience that is infused with spirituality and meaning. The innovative approach reduces stress and cultivates loving connections to family, friends, community and heritage.

Download or read book The Mitzvah Project Book written by Elizabeth Suneby and published by Jewish Lights Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Make the world a better place through good deeds--big or small. "Thank you, really, for devoting your energies to making the world just a little bit better. By doing so, you are saying to yourself, and to others, that this whole Bar/Bat Mitzvah thing is real and important. And, this book will help you figure out great ways to put your own passions, interests, and hobbies to work for mitzvah." --from the Foreword Are you searching for a meaningful and fun mitzvah project? This inspiring book is packed with ideas to help you connect something you love to a mitzvah project or tikkun olam initiative that you can be passionate about. It is filled with information, ideas and activities to spark your imagination, as well as a planning guide to get you organized and off to a good start. Creativity and Compassion Arts & Crafts - Clothes & Fashion - Computers & Technology - Food & Cooking - Movies & Drama - Reading & Writing Putting Mitzvot in Motion Animals - Camp - Fitness - Health - Music & Dance - Sports Your World, Our World Environment - Family - Friends, Neighbors & Your Community - Global Community - Israel - Your Jewish Heritage

Download or read book Bar Bat Mitzvah Memory Book 2 e written by Jeffrey K. Salkin and published by Jewish Lights Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A spiritual keepsake that will become a family heirloom.The companion book to the author's Putting God on the Guest List: How to Reclaim the Spiritual Meaning of Your Child's Bar or Bat Mitzvah 100,000 copies in print The perfect gift to help a bar or bat mitzvah preserve the spiritual memories of this sacred event. This hands-on album updated and expanded for this second edition is designed to help everyone involved better participate in creating the spiritual meaning of this joyful rite of passage. Created by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin, author of the award-winning classic Putting God on the Guest List: How to Reclaim the Spiritual Meaning of Your Child s Bar or Bat Mitzvah, and his wife, author Nina Salkin, this guided album is a wonderfully interactive way to remember important moments and details. Included are special sections to record your family s history; the hopes, wishes, and memories of influential people in the bar/bat mitzvah s life; mitzvot performed; contributions to tzedakot and more. With ample space for writing, reflecting and pasting mementos, this spiritual keepsake gives young people a place to treasure their special experiences and encourages them to prepare for spiritual life as Jewish adults."

Download or read book 13 and a Day written by Mark Oppenheimer and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2005 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the story of the author's journeys across America to attend the most distinctive b'nai mitzvah he could find in order to reveal how the bar and the bat mitzvah have become a distinctively American rite of passage.

Download or read book Make Your Own Bar Bat Mitzvah written by Rabbi Goldie Milgram and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2004-09-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Make Your Own Bar/Bat Mitzvah is using and inspiring guide that takes you step-by-step through the process of creating a very personal and meaningful Bar/Bat Mitzvah. This book offers a joyful and effective planning process that will help you produce a coming of age ritual filled with innovative ideas and sound guidance. Rabbi Goldie Milgram provides an effective, exciting process to help you organize this experience to meet your needs, in particular your studies, mentors, service, Torah talk, party, gifts and expressions of appreciation. Pragmatic and inspiring, this ground-breaking work will help students, families and communities to create healthy and memorably happy bar/bat mitzvah experiences. Rabbi Goldie Milgram is spearheading the Bar/Bat Mitzvah Institute Initiative, developed under a grant from the Nathan Cummings Foundation and focused upon creating more meaningful and effective ways of preparing students for bar/bat mitzvah. Author of Reclaiming Judaism as a Spiritual Practice: Holy Days and Shabbat, she is Founder and Executive Director of the non-profit educational research and training group, P?nai Yachadut and also runs the highly regarded web site family ReclaimingJudaism.org. ?Reb Goldie Milgram is an extraordinary, creative, and wise teacher/mentor/guide/partner in the exploration of the Bar/Bat Mitzvah process. She takes the reader on a multi-dimensioned journey to discover various meaningful traditions and rituals and, in turn, to express them into a spiritually significant celebration. This book is the Bar/Bat Mitzvah's equivalent to What Color Is Your Parachute.? -Peninnah Schram, author, Stories One Generation Tells to Another ?Rabbi Goldie Milgram restores relevance and spirituality to the process of becoming bar/bat mitzvah. Her guidance is delivered with great wisdom and compassion. I highly recommend this work.? -David A Cooper, author of God is a Verb

Download or read book The Bar Bat Mitzvah Planbook written by Jane Lewit and published by Scarborough House. This book was released on 1993-11-01 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive, step-by-step handbook that leads parents through every detail. —Library Journal

Download or read book The Sarah and David bar bat mitzvah book written by Lily Yacobi and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Bar Mitzvah a History written by Michael Hilton and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2014-06-01 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Published by the University of Nebraska Press as a Jewish Publication Society book."

Download or read book Bar and Bat Mitzvahs written by Robert Walker and published by Celebrations in My World (Pape. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The celebration of a bar or bat mitzvah is a recognition that a young Jewish boy or girl has reached the age of responsibility. At the age of 13 for boys and 12 for girls, children take lessons to prepare for the ritual ceremony of reading from the Torah, the Jewish holy book. Readers will learn about the different ways boys and girls are prepared, as well as the traditional family celebrations that go along with the religious celebration.

Download or read book Bar Mitzvah Bat Mitzvah written by Bert Metter and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2007 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bar mitzvahs and bat mitzvahs mark the official entry into adulthood for Jewish teens. The day is anticipated and studied for, and remembered forever. In some circles, the parties celebrating the occasion can be the most significant social events in young people's lives-complete with elaborate themes and celebrity guests. But most important, bar and bat mitzvahs are serious religious ceremonies, with rich histories and deep significance for the participants. Here is a warmly written discussion of the time-honored Jewish coming-of-age ritual, its historical background and evolution. Also included are reflections on how this important tradition has affected the lives of those who have participated in it, with a special chapter featuring the reminiscences of well-known actors, television personalities, and sports figures about their own bar and bat mitzvahs. This concise, informative book will help young people preparing for their own big day-as well as their families and friends-understand and appreciate this joyous, spiritual occasion. Book jacket.

Download or read book The Bar Mitzvah Book written by Moira Paterson and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Reaching for Sinai written by Ronald H. Isaacs and published by KTAV Publishing House, Inc.. This book was released on 1999 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the historical background of the Bar/Bat mitzvah, celebrating the ceremony, a chapter on being commanded, ways of sanctifying the reception, and a chapter on life after the Bar/Bat mitzvah. the information appendix includes a sample synagogue bar/bat mitzvah programme, sample parent speeches, places for one's tzedakah, a checklist, book resources for further study, orah and haftarah summaries and a glossary of terms

Download or read book Becoming a Bar Mitzvah written by Arnine Cumsky Weiss and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An inspiring collection of bar mitzvah stories demonstrate how moving, diverse, humorous, and uplifting the ritual is. The stories are fast-paced and full of energy. The continual change of subject and location allows each story to grab the reader's mind and emotions.