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Information on bar mitzvah and bat mitzvah preparation and ceremonies, Torah, haftarah, bar mitzvah party.
Date: 07-10-2009
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By Rabbi Daniel Kohn
Reprint of a St. Louis rabbi’s professional advice about dos and don’ts when invited to a bar mitzvah. Reprint.
Date: 08-01-2012
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By Helen Belitsky
Profile of a Hindu-Jewish interfaith family describing their son’s coming of age ceremonies--first the Thread Ceremony, and four days later, the Bar Mitzvah.
Date: 08-01-2012
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By Rabbi Barbara Penzner
Professional advice for interfaith families on how to appropriately include family in the bar/bat mitzvah service and/or celebration afterward.
Date: 08-01-2012
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By Johanna Ginsberg
Reprinted general information article about different ways synagogues of different denominations handle aliyot for bar and bat mitzvahs.
Date: 07-18-2006
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By Rabbi Jacques Cukierkorn
Professional view about the need to include and honor non-Jewish relatives at a child’s bar/bat mitzvah ceremony in order to reward and strengthen the family’s Jewish ties with a very positive experience.
Date: 07-18-2006
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By Sue Repko
A personal narrative from a non-Jewish mom discussing her child’s bar mitzvah: how they created an informational booklet, how she felt about the ceremony, and her father’s enthusiastic response to the event.
Date: 06-23-2006
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By Helen Belitsky
Profile of an interfaith family that had been non-religious until they attended a Bar Mitzvah of a family friend, sparking the daughter’s interest in having one herself. Gradually,
Date: 07-18-2006
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By Rabbi Arthur P. Nemitoff
Professional advice by rabbi for interfaith families planning a bar/bat mitzvah.
Date: 08-01-2012
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By Cheryl F. Coon
Review of a book that helps people plan their child’s bar or bat mitzvah, and that specifically addresses the needs and questions of interfaith families.
Date: 08-11-2006