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Hosting a Virtual Bar Mitzvah

April 21, 2021

  HOSTING A VIRTUAL BAR MITZVAH OR VIRTUAL BAT MITZVAH   If you’ve decided to host a hybrid bar mitzvah or hybrid bat mitzvah with both on-site and virtual components, here are some tips to ensure the day goes smoothly and all your guests have a great time. Test equipment/video before the event. Taking the […]

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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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Bar Mitzvah Projects During the Covid Pandemic

January 26, 2021

Community Leadership Immersive Programs: B’nai Mitzvah Projects in a Virtual World By Tali Puterman Thiago in Lynn reached into his mailbox and cautiously opened a letter from BIJAN, the Boston Immigrant Justice Accompaniment Network. BIJAN, a network of faith communities, individuals, and other activist groups working to reduce the escalating harm of our immigrant system […]

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Epic Zoom Bar Mitzvah

October 6, 2020

From the Jewish Daily Forward: “We could play a YouTube version of ‘Adon Olam’ to a really catchy tune!” “We could play personal messages for him from family all over the world!” “We could have an Israeli rock star sing him a song!” These were the “What ifs” that drove the conversation between me and […]

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How to Throw a Zoom Bat Mitzvah or Zoom Bat Mitzvah

October 6, 2020

Here’s a great (and very helpful!) article in NY Magazine by Kayla Levy about how to produce a bar mitzvah or bat mitzvah on Zoom, the video conferencing app that has dominated the virtual scene during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. Having officiated a dozen virtual bar mitzvah and virtual bat mitzvah ceremonies already this […]

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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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Virtual Bar Mitzvahs During the COVID Pandemic

April 28, 2020

Throwing candy at the computer: What celebrating your bat mitzvah looks like in the time of the coronavirus From JTA – Midway through Lila Duke’s bat mitzvah ceremony, her family’s cat made an appearance. Minnie’s interruption was one of many ways that Lila’s coming-of-age ceremony was different from what she had expected. While the 12-year-old […]

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