Overview
A practical guide that gives parents and teens the ""how-to"" information they need to navigate the bar/bat mitzvah process and grow as a family through this experience. For the first time in one book, everyone directly involved offers practical insights into how the process can be made easier and more enjoyable for all. Rabbis, cantors and Jewish educators from the Reform, Conservative and Reconstructionist movements, parents, and even teens speak from their own experience. . What's it all about? . Preparation for Parent and Child . Tutoring, stress, expectations, enjoyment, planning for children with special needs. . Negotiating the ceremony and celebration . Designing a creative service, heightening the spiritual exercise, special issues related to divorced and interfaith families, planning a party that neither breaks the bank nor detracts from the inherent spirituality of the event.
Full Product Details
Author: Helen Leneman
Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing
Imprint: Jewish Lights Publishing
Edition: 2nd Edition, Revised, Updated, and ed.
Dimensions:
Width: 15.40cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.001kg
ISBN: 9781580231510
ISBN 10: 1580231519
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 17 May 2001
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Out of her vast experience as 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 Inspires, challenges, comforts and guides parents as the mutli-faceted bar/bat mitzvah process enters their lives. -Dr. Jeffrey Schein, National Education Director, Jewish Reconstructionist Federation
Out of her vast experience as 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 Inspires, challenges, comforts and guides parents as the mutli-faceted bar/bat mitzvah process enters their lives. Dr. Jeffrey Schein, National Education Director, Jewish Reconstructionist Federation
Out of her vast experience as 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 Inspires, challenges, comforts and guides parents as the mutli-faceted bar/bat mitzvah process enters their lives. Dr. Jeffrey Schein, National Education Director, Jewish Reconstructionist Federation
Author Information
Cantor Helen Leneman's specialty is bar/bat mitzvah education. She has worked as a cantor and a b'nai mitzvah teacher in Los Angeles, Baltimore and the greater Washington, DC, area. For several years she chaired the B’nai Mitzvah Educators Network of CAJE. The Network has over 300 members in the U.S. and abroad. She has a BA from UCLA and an MA in Judaic studies from Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion, and studied cantorial liturgy with cantors Allan Michelson (z""l) and William Sharlin. She is the author of Bar/Bat Mitzvah Education: A Sourcebook. She is an associate member of the American Conference of Cantors, and a member of the Society of Biblical Literature. Cantor Leneman directs an outreach program for unaffiliated families who wish to celebrate their children’s becoming bar or bat mitzvah. She lives with her family in Rockville, Maryland. Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin is recognized as one of the most thoughtful Jewish writers and teachers of his generation. He has helped people of all ages find spiritual meaning in both the great and small moments in life. A noted author whose work has appeared in many publications, including the Wall Street Journal, Reader's Digest and the Congressional Record, Rabbi Salkin is editor of The Modern Men's Torah Commentary: New Insights from Jewish Men on the 54 Weekly Torah PortionsandText Messages: A Torah Commentary for Teens; and author of Being God's Partner: How to Find the Hidden Link Between Spirituality and Your Work, with an introduction by Norman Lear; the best-seller Putting God on the Guest List: How to Reclaim the Spiritual Meaning of Your Child's Bar or Bat Mitzvah; For Kids—Putting God on Your Guest List: How to Claim the Spiritual Meaning of Your Bar or Bat Mitzvah and Righteous Gentiles in the Hebrew Bible: Ancient Role Models for Sacred Relationships (all Jewish Lights), among other books.
Rabbi Julie Gordon, MA, director of education at Adat Shalom in Bethesda, Maryland, is author of the popular day school prayerbook B'chol L'vavcha: A Shabbat and Festival Companion. She has over 25 years of professional experience in Jewish education, synagogue life and communal service.
