Introduction to Bar Mitzvahs and Bat Mitzvahs
(Information from MyJewishLearning.com and Judaism 101.)
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Ways the Child Participates Before the Ceremony: Community Service
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Along with the study involved in preparing...
Ways the Child Participates Before the Ceremony: Study
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Some congregations ask the prospective bar...
The Best Gift for Your Unborn Children
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When you, a young interfaith couple, come into my study to discuss your upcoming marriage, you might...
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Ways the Family May Participate in the Ceremony
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In many congregations, there are opportunities...
Flexibility Is Key
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My parents were relieved when I finally married a nice Jewish man. My adult life had been jump-started...
Other Tips for Before the Ceremony
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Teach non-Jewish family members about...
Ways to Include Your Child’s Interfaith Heritage at the Celebration
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The bar/bat mitzvah celebration,...
How I Prepared My Kids for Their First Mass and Their Aunt’s Catholic Wedding
My guys, Isaac and Dylan, eight and four respectively, had never been inside a Catholic church when my sister-in-law,...
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We were watching Fiddler on the Roof, my daughter’s favorite musical. During the scene in which...
Recommended Books
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The following books include additional ideas...
What’s Permitted and What’s Not
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The first step in adapting the bar mitzvah...
How We Raise Children in Our Chinese-Jewish Family
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I married Belinda in 1999. Our marriage has been working wonderfully well. Despite our cultural differences,...
Bat Mitzvah… Then What?
It was like climbing a mountain in high heels, those weeks leading up to the bat mitzvah service. After a year...
Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Identity, Jewish Catholic Relationships, Multiracial, Parenting, Parenting Stories
Boy Wonder
When I had my bar mitzvah 18 years ago, it was truly all about the party. Back then, at least at my synagogue...
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Overnight summer camp is awesome. I don’t know if I’ve ever met a former camper who disagrees.
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My wife and I completed our wedding ceremony by walking seven circles together. Not the...
A Jew-by-Choice’s Perspective on Her Teenage Daughter’s Interdating
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Confronting Anti-Semitism: If I Don’t Respond, Who Will?
Growing up as a girl in downstate New York, I never really thought about anti-Semitism, what it was and how...
Interfaith Families and Bar/Bat Mitzvah: Questions and Opportunities
Sam and Mary had an appointment with the rabbi. Their daughter, Rachel, was scheduled to become a Bat Mitzvah...
Of Bar and Bat Mitzvahs and Parents who are not Jewish
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April 2000
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