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Featured: An Adult Bat Mitzvah Journey

Growing up in another generation did not always afford women the passage of becoming a bat mitzvah. In her article, Sandra Rubenstein recounts her journey to become a bat mitzvah at Kehillat Israel in Pacific Palisades, CA.
Topics: Bat/Bar Mitzvah, Reconstructionism Today Type: RT Article

B'nai Mitzvah Guide, Temple Beth El, DE

This guide summarizes the requirements, preparation and choreography of becoming a Bar or Bat Mitzvah as a teen or an adult at Temple Beth El in Newark, DE.

B'nai Mitzvah Handbook From Havurah Shalom, Portland, OR

This 2005 manual offers details and advice on every imaginable aspect of the process of becoming a Bar/Bat Mitzvah. Includes info about a minchah/havdalah service as well as a regular Shabbat morning service.

B'nai Mitzvah Handbook From Chapel Hill Kehillah

This detailed guide assists families to prepare for all aspects of a Bar/Bat Mitzvah, providing a timeline and guidance for learning service skills, assigning honors, complying with the building use policy, the mitzvah project, etc.

B'nai Mitzvah Guide, Congregation Beth Hatikvah, Chatham, NJ

Explains the process of becoming a Bar or Bat Mitzvah at Congregation Beth Hatikvah in Chatham, NJ.

Bar/Bat Mitzvah Preparation Guide, Congregation Beth El (Bennington, VT)

This guide outlines the process of becoming a bar/bat mitzvah, including the necessary preparations and responsibilities.
Topics: Bat/Bar Mitzvah, Curricula, Education Type: Manual

The Role of Obligation in Judaism

This is a transcript from edtalk, the listserv of Reconstructionist educators. In 2001, education intern Sarah Rubin asked for ideas about how to teach about the role of obligation in Judaism—particularly in the context of bar/bat mitzvah. What obligations do we have as individuals? What obligations does the Jewish community have to us?

Book Recommendations for Jewish Teenage Girls

This is a list compiled from discussion on the Edtalk listserv in November, 2001.
Topics: Bat/Bar Mitzvah, Education Type: Bibliography

B'nai Mitzvah Policy, Congregation Am Haskalah, Allentown, PA

This policy describes the process of becoming a Bar/Bat Mitzvah and the requirements that must be fulfilled.

Discussion About B'nai Mitzvah Requirements From EdTalk

This is a summary of exchanges among Reconstructionist educators on the EdTalk listserve (in 2000) about requirements for B'nai Mitzvah and their families. Contributions include summaries of policy, a debate on the need for the policies, and two anecdotes related to implementation of these policies.