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B-Mitzvah Family Session: Why Am I Doing This?

Pages to print before session: All Handouts. Program Evaluation: Print Form. Objectives: Participants will learn about the history of b-mitzvah  Parents will explore why someone would want to have a b-mitzvah  Parents will explore what it means to ‘identify as Jewish’ and share with their children  Students will explore why they personally want to have…

Simcha: Where’s Your Joy?

Edit Curriculum. Updated 2025. Objectives: By the end of the session, participants will be able to. Understand the core values of celebration/Simcha in the Jewish community; Identify the variety of feelings that they might associate with elements of their b-mitzvah celebration; Identify elements of the b-mitzvah celebration that might bring them joy

Money & Gifts

This is a session for b-mitzvah students on what we get, and how we might choose to give. Objectives: By the end of this session, participants will be able to: Consider expectations around gift giving; Explore the idea of financial reward for achievement; Describe the responsibilities associated with receiving money; Be prepared to make ethical…

Celebrate!

Updated 2025. Objectives: By the end of this session, participants will be able to. Explore how their financial choices regarding a b-mitzvah celebration connect to family circumstances and values; Understand that b-mitzvah students all have different financial circumstances or priorities that can impact b-mitzvah celebrations in visible and invisible ways

You Just Don’t Understand: How Do Parents and Teens Talk to Each Other? 

Updated 2025. Objectives: By the end of this session, participants will... Identify the areas of miscommunication, tension, and conflict in parent/child relationships in general and around the b-mitzvah preparation process; Use Jewish wisdom to help them think about issues of communication; Strategize about how their family could communicate with one another more compassionately and effectively

Tools for communicating to parents and the wider community

Initial Letter to Parents: Our synagogue is partnering with Moving Traditions (env-mtsmovingtraditions-curriculum.kinsta.cloud) to pioneer a new family education-focused approach to b-mitzvah that connects Jewish wisdom to the inter-personal and social elements that come up as our children enter the teen years. The Moving Traditions sessions – created by rabbis, social workers, and educators – aim…

Beyond Thank You: What Does It Mean to Be a Host? A Guest?

Updated 2024. Objectives: By the end of this session, participants will be able to  Identify the responsibilities of a host and a guest   Reflect on Jewish wisdom connected to being a host and a guest   Clarify what is most important to them about being a host  

B-Mitzvah – Celebrate

Pages to print before the session: Objectives: Understand that different families have different access to resources, different values, and different pressures, and therefore will make different decisions about the kind of b’nai mitzvah party they will have. Experience empathy toward peers who are in different family circumstances than their own.