Authors: Helen Helen Leneman, Jeffrey K. Salkin
ISBN-13: 9781580231510, ISBN-10: 1580231519
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing
Date Published: August 2001
Edition: 2ND
This practical guide gives families the how-to information they need-not only how to navigate the bar/bat mitzvah process, but how to grow as a family through this coming-of-age experience. All who are directly involved in bar and bat mitzvah offer their practical insights into how the process can be made easier and more enjoyable for everyone.
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Contributors include: Rabbis, cantors, and educators-Reform, Conservative, and Reconstructionist; fathers and mothers of bar/bat mitzvah boys and girls; post b'nai mitzvah teens; party planners.
"Out of her vast experience as a Cantor and educator, Leneman has written an important guide that strengthens and solidifies the family through the wisdom and warmth of Judaism." --Rabbi Harold Schulweis, Valley Beth Shalom, Encino, California; author of For Those Who Can't Believe