This is Part 3 of a three-part series. For Parts 1 and 2, click here and here. How to bridge the gaps between the world of the 13 year-old, the aspirations of his or her parents, and traditional b’nai mitzvah rituals? Here’s a story of how one rabbi and one family brought these worlds together [...]
This is Part 2 of a three-part series. For Part 1, click here. How to bridge the gaps between the world of the 13 year-old, the aspirations of his or her parents, and traditional b’nai mitzvah rituals? Here’s a story of how one rabbi and one family brought these worlds together in a powerful way. [...]
How to bridge the gaps between the world of the 13 year-old, the aspirations of his or her parents, and traditional b’nai mitzvah rituals? Here’s a story of how one rabbi and one family brought these two worlds together in a powerful way, as told in in three “voices.” Part 1: Rabbi Laura Geller, of [...]
Mother of a soon-to-be bat mitzvah, Jennifer Perlick, writes her dream for her daughter’s coming-of-age ceremony to be creative and inspiring. Her wishes for her daughter drove her to work with Congregation Har HaShem to change their b’nai mitzvah process.
Our theory of change includes, at every stage of the process, community engagement. Here is an example of community engagement in one congregation from the Pilot Cohort.
Every year, clergy from Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel meet with Fourth Grade families to begin the b’nai mitzvah process, introducing them to the information they need in the process. But this year, starting the Revolution, the clergy felt like something new and different needed to happen.
Do you know Hebrew? If you ‘know’ Hebrew, what does that mean? Does it mean you know the letters of the aleph-bet and can sound out words? Does it mean that you feel comfortable with modern, spoken Hebrew?
