The kids’ companion to the
award-winning Putting God on the
Guest List, 3rd Ed.:
How to Reclaim the Spiritual Meaning of Your Child’s Bar or Bat Mitzvah
How to Reclaim the Spiritual Meaning of Your Child’s Bar or Bat Mitzvah
Used as an inspiring part of bar/bat
mitzvah preparation for parents in hundreds of congregations
around the world.
Jewish youngsters and their parents need
to turn inward at bar and bat mitzvah time and ask themselves
these hard questions: “Why are we doing this? What
does it all mean?”
At last, a guide especially for kids, to
help them spiritually prepare for their bar/bat mitzvah.
Explains the core spiritual values of Judaism to young people
in a language they can understand. Questions at the end of each
chapter engage kids and let them offer their own thoughts. A
special section helps parents and kids find places to perform
acts of tzedakah to honor the event—newly revised and
updated.
“A great resource for kids with
every kind of Jewish background, even if you are a kid with two
parents who are rabbis—like me!”
—Joshua
Zecher Ross, Age 13, Bar Mitzvah
Parshat Noah 5759
“Reminds our young people that
becoming b’nai mitzvah is less about the quality of their
performance than about the quality of their lives. It is an
important contribution in helping our youth make coming of age
a sacred passage.”
—Rabbi
Sandy Eisenberg Sasso
(Reconstructionist), author of In God’s Name;
God’s Paintbrush; and other books
God’s Paintbrush; and other books
“A sensitive work that will help a
young Jew be more aware of God’s Presence on the day of
bar/bat mitzvah and remain aware of that Presence in the
everyday experiences of life that follow.”
—Rabbi
William H. Lebeau (Conservative), vice chancellor, dean of the rabbinical school, the Jewish
Theological Seminary
“We’ve used Putting God on the
Guest List in our b’nai mitzvah program for many years.
I’ve always wished for a companion book that could talk
to the kids themselves. This is the book I’ve been
waiting for!”
—Rabbi
Laura Geller (Reform),Temple
Emanuel, Beverly Hills, CA
“Hey kids—between learning
your portion and writing your speech, read this book. Then you
will have a bar or bat mitzvah to remember!”
—Dr. Ron
Wolfson, author of God’s To-Do List: 103 Ways to Be an Angel
and Do God’s Work on Earth;
Fingerhut Professor of Education, University of Judaism, Los
Angeles
“This wonderful book has the
capacity to inspire and transform tens of thousands of bar and
bat mitzvahs, and they in turn will inspire and transform
future Jewish life in America.”
—Rabbi
Joseph Telushkin, author of Words That Hurt, Words That Heal
“Does it for kids! Provides lots of
powerful answers to their real questions.”
—Joel
Lurie Grishaver, author of Shema Is for Real,
and editor of Hanukkah: The Family
Guide to Spiritual Celebration
