Updated 2025. Objectives: By the end of this session, participants will be able to: Explore Jewish and cultural ideas about friendship Clarify their beliefs about friendship Identify the different kinds of friends they have in their lives Feel grateful for positive friendships in their lives
Objectives: By the end of the session, participants will be able to: Identify general and gendered pressures associated with posting content on social media; Reflect on the effect social media has in their individual lives; Apply Jewish ethics and values around speech, privacy, and interpersonal communication to posting on social media during the b-mitzvah experience
Updated 2025. Objectives: By the end of the session, participants will be able to: Identify the ways gender and other social norms are expressed around dress, in particular during the b-mitzvah process. Explore how to balance individual values and desires related to dress with the values of friends, family, and the Jewish community
Pages to print before the session: Objectives: By then end of the session, participants will be able to: Understand the core values of celebration/simcha in Jewish community; Describe aspects of traditional simcha that are personally meaningful
Pages to print before the session: Objectives: By the end of this session, participants will be able to: Identify the responsibilities of a host and a guest; Describe Jewish wisdom connected to being a host and a guest
Updated 2025. Objectives: By the end of this session, participants will be able to: Recognize that moving from childhood to adolescence involves physical, emotional, spiritual, and intellectual growth; Identify that becoming a teenager and a b-mitzvah involves balancing between personal growth and receiving and giving support to others
Updated 2024. Objectives: By the end of this session, participants will be able to: Reflect on past experiences and memories that shaped their childhood; Explore what it means to transition away from childhood and into a teenager; Think about the new responsibilities that come with growing up
Updated 2025. Objectives: By the end of the session, participants will be able to: Identify the way gender stereotypes are expressed and enforced in their own communities. Understand the ways these gender stereotypes can affect them. Have a deeper understanding of their parent’s or child’s experience with gender stereotypes.
Objectives:
Participants will . . .
Identify the ways gender and other social norms are expressed around dress, in particular during the b-mitzvah process.
Explore how to balance individual values and desires related to dress with the values of friends, family, and the Jewish community
Objectives:
Participants will . . .
Examine day-to-day dilemmas and articulate the values they consider in order to decide what action to take.
Notice that there isn’t always a “right” choice in every dilemma.
Find a connection between ancient Jewish wisdom and their own lives in the context of decision-making.
