Joshua Zecher Ross, Age 13, Bar Mitzvah Parshat Noah 5759
A great resource for kids with every kind of Jewish background, even if you are a kid with two parents who are rabbis-like me!
Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso
Reminds our young people that becoming b'nai mitzvah is less about the quality of their performance than about the quality of their lives. It is an important contribution in helping our youth make coming of age a sacred passage. (Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso (Reconstructionist), author of In God's Name; God's Paintbrush; and other books)
Rabbi William H. Lebeau
A sensitive work that will help a young Jew be more aware of God's Presence on the day of bar/bat mitzvah and remain aware of that Presence in the everyday experiences of life that follow. (Rabbi William H. Lebeau (Conservative), Vice Chancellor, Dean of the Rabbinical School, The Jewish Theological Seminary)
Rabbi Laura Geller
We've used Putting God on the Guest List in our b'nai mitzvah program for many years. I've always wished for a companion book that could talk to the kids themselves. This is the book I've been waiting for! (Rabbi Laura Geller (Reform), Temple Emanuel, Beverly Hills, CA)
Book Description
The kids' companion to the award-winning Putting God on the Guest List: How to Claim the Spiritual Meaning of Your Child's Bar or Bat Mitzvah -- Used as an inspiring part of bar/bat mitzvah preparation for parents in hundreds of congregations around the world. Jewish youngsters and their parents need to turn inward at bar and bat mitzvah time and ask themselves these hard questions: "Why are we doing this? What does it all mean?" At last, a guide especially for kids, to help them spiritually prepare for their bar/bat mitzvah. Explains the core spiritual values of Judaism to young people in a language they can understand. Questions at the end of each chapter engage kids and let them offer their own thoughts. A special section helps parents and kids find places to perform acts of tzedakah to honor the event.
Card catalog description
A guide to preparing for the bar mitzvah or bat mitzvah, discussing the history and significance of this rite of passage and putting it in perspective with the core spiritual values of Judaism.
About the Author
Jeffrey K. Salkin is Rabbi of the Community Synagogue in Port Washington, New York and author of Putting God on the Guest List which received the Benjamin Franklin Award for the Best Religion Book published in the United States, and Being God's Partner. He is co-chair of The Union of American Hebrew Congregations' Commission on Reform Jewish Outreach.
For Kids - Putting God on Your Guest List: How to Claim the Spiritual Meaning of Your Bar or Bat Mitzvah ANNOTATION
A guide to preparing for the bar mitzvah or bat mitzvah, discussing the history and significance of this rite of passage and putting it in perspective with the core spiritual values of Judaism.
FROM THE PUBLISHER
This informative, instructive, and lighthearted book helps prepare preteens to spiritually ready themselves for bar/bat mitzvah, combining Torah, folklore, history, theology, and liturgy in a language that kids can understand.
FROM THE CRITICS
Children's Literature - Judy Katsh
This is a kids' companion guide to the widely acclaimed guide for parents by the same author, Putting God on the Guest List: How to Reclaim the Spiritual Meaning of Your Child's Bar or Bat Mitzvah. And surely this work does guide students through the details both secular (gifts, parties, dealing with parents) and ritualistic (prayers, speeches, decorum) of preparing and conducting the Bar Mitzvah or Bat Mitzvah, the Jewish coming of age ceremony. But, it is much more than that. It also is a workbook for a young adolescent who is trying to figure out his/her evolving role in Jewish history and Jewish life. And for the older reader, this work can serve as an informative and highly readable reminder about what being Jewish is really all about.
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