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Tag: Bar Mitzvah Rabbi

January 23, 2026

Why Rabbi Jason is the Mitzvah Rabbi Rabbi is a relationship term. It literally means “my teacher” (ravi in the Hebrew). I often share that definition with my students early on, sometimes even in our very first bar mitzvah or bat mitzvah tutoring session. It usually gets a nod, occasionally a raised eyebrow, and sometimes […]

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Jewish News Syndicate – Rosh Hashanah Sermon About Jewish Pride After Ukraine Immigrants Celebrate Quad Bar Mitzvah

September 12, 2023

Rabbis to offer sermons on everything from AI to Ukraine on High Holidays Excerpt from JNS (Jewish News Syndicate) Article by Sergio Carmona In his sermons, Miller intends to talk about his experience working with bar and bat mitzvah students, and how their commitment to continuing their Jewish heritage encourages him. He plans to talk […]

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Bar Mitzvah A Capella Song – Parody of Moves Like Jagger by Maroon 5

October 21, 2021

  The Pella performers are a wonderful a capella group who put their own bar mitzvah spin on Maroon 5’s “Moves Like Jagger.” Check out the a capella bar mitzvah song, “Moves Like Moses.” Enjoy it.  

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Unaffiliated Jews Get Creative for Bar and Bat Mitzvahs

May 11, 2021

Here’s a great article from the Jewish Exponent about Unaffiliated Jews being creative with their children’s bar/bat mitzvah ceremonies: By Hilary Danailova There was no question that the Danskys of Livingston, New Jersey, were going to have their children Bar and Bat Mitzvahed. There was also no question of joining a synagogue to do so. […]

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Zoom Mitzvahs – Virtual Bar Mitzvah and Virtual Bat Mitzvah Services

March 23, 2021

From the Jerusalem Post February 28, 2021 NEW YORK – When the Bregman family was planning their son Daniel’s bar mitzvah this past November, parents Eleanor and Peter found themselves with a lot more responsibilities –and ownership – over the process than they had with the two previous bat mitzvahs they had planned. Daniel’s bar mitzvah, which […]

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Virtual Bar Mitzvahs During Covid-19 Coronavirus

June 18, 2020

From the New York Times Becoming a Man, Virtually We couldn’t have guests, but the bar mitzvah ceremony would go on. My son Zane celebrated his bar mitzvah this past Saturday. And to think I had been worried about a late-season snowstorm. A week and a half earlier, when it was clear that the coronavirus […]

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Making the Bar Mitzvah More Meaningful

February 14, 2020

The Bar Mitzvah is one of the greatest and most memorable milestones in the life of a Jew. In fact, the process and culminating celebration can be a real turning point that inspires pride in Jewish identity and heritage and a lifelong passion for Jewish learning and practice. However, some believe this is being lost […]

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