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Bar/Bat Mitzvah Planning Issues for Interfaith Families

Interfaith families should ask the rabbi about synagogue policies and honestly examine both parents' attachments to Judaism.

Parent-Child Dynamics Shift Before Bar/Bat Mitzvah

A family educator offers words of advice to the family.

Tips for Planning a Bar/Bat Mitzvah When the Parents Are Divorced

Divorced parents must rise above their own differences and make the day special for the child.

Supporting Holocaust Causes for Your Bar/Bat Mitzvah Project

Countless organizations, both Jewish and not, are dedicated to Holocaust education and supporting survivors.

Supporting Disabilities Causes for Your Bar/Bat Mitzvah Project

Jewish tradition teaches that every human being is created in the image of God and therefore is possessed of infinite worth.

Supporting Health Causes for Your Bar/Bat Mitzvah Project

The imperative of saving a life is so great that all but three of Judaism’s religious commandments can be suspended if a life is at stake.

Supporting Poverty Causes for Your Bar/Bat Mitzvah Project

The Jewish imperative of helping the needy, known as tzedakah, is among the most cherished Jewish values.

Supporting Immigration Causes for You Bar/Bat Mitzvah Project

Jewish support for immigrants is often tied to the repeated biblical injunction not to oppress the stranger.

Supporting Israel Causes for Your Bar/Bat Mitzvah Project

Decades after its establishment, support for Israel remains a powerful expression of Jewish solidarity and peoplehood.

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