By Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin and Nina Salkin
A spiritual keepsake that will become a
family heirloom.
New edition—updated and expanded!
The companion book to the author’s Putting God on the Guest List: How to Reclaim
the Spiritual Meaning of Your Child’s Bar or Bat Mitzvah—100,000 copies in print!
The perfect gift to help a bar or bat
mitzvah preserve the spiritual memories of this sacred event.
This hands-on album—updated and expanded for this second
edition—is designed to help everyone involved better
participate in creating the spiritual meaning of this joyful
rite of passage.
Created by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin, author
of the award-winning classic Putting
God on the Guest List: How to Reclaim the Spiritual Meaning of
Your Child’s Bar or Bat Mitzvah, and his wife, author Nina Salkin, this guided
album is a wonderfully interactive way to remember important
moments and details. Included are special sections to record
your family’s history; the hopes, wishes, and memories of
influential people in the bar/bat mitzvah’s life; mitzvot
performed; contributions to tzedakot and more.
With ample space for writing, reflecting
and pasting mementos, this spiritual keepsake gives young
people a place to treasure their special experiences and
encourages them to prepare for spiritual life as Jewish adults.
Praise for Putting God on the Guest List
“An invitation to all families to
link the sacred act of ‘going up’ to the Torah
with the sacred process of ‘growing up’ in
faithfulness to God and community.”
–Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso
(Reconstructionist), Congregation Beth-El Zedeck, Indianapolis,
and author of But God Remembered: Stories of Women from
Creation to the Promised Land and other books
“I hope every family planning a bar
or bat mitzvah celebration reads Rabbi Salkin’s
book.”
–Rabbi
Harold S. Kushner (Conservative),
author of
When Bad Things
Happen to Good People
“Shows the way to restore
spirituality and depth to every young Jew’s most
important rite of passage.”
–Rabbi
Joseph Telushkin (Orthodox), author
of Jewish Literacy
“Raises the questions that most need
to be asked at every bar and bat mitzvah.”
–Rabbi
Laura Geller (Reform), Temple
Emanuel of Beverly Hills, California
Nina Salkin is
a former advertising creative director whose writing addresses
social, political, and religious topics. Her work has appeared
in the Forward, the New York Times, and Reform Judaism magazine.
Rabbi Salkin and Nina Salkin live in
Atlanta. They have two teenage sons.
