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Identifying and Addressing the Spiritual Needs of B'nei Mitzvah Students and Families

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Opening the Dialogue with God in B’nai Mitzvah Preparation

The B Mitzvah! (R)evolution

by Rabbi Hanna Tiferet Siegel

An anxious pre-teen enters tentatively into my home for the first day of b’nai mitzvah training. We begin by chatting to learn the basics about each other. Listed below are some of the questions I ask and some of the responses I receive.

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New Mitzvah Stories for The Whole Family

Goldie Milgram and Ellen Frankel, (Eds) with Arthur Kurzweil, Peninnah Schram, Danny Siegel, Mindy Shapiro and Shoshana Silberman

Looking for stories that excite the imagination, open the heart, and support good values? This second volume in the...

Reclaiming Bar/Bat Mitzvah as a Spiritual Rite of Passage

Featured at the Jewish Futures Conference

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Rabbi Goldie Milgram

Provides the tools and understanding necessary to create a conscious Bar/Bat Mitzvah experience infused with spirituality and meaning. The original purpose of this important rite of passage is carefully reclaimed: Ensuring a healthy Jewish lens for living is conveyed to each student; a lens that supports love of life and respect for life.