Candle-Lighting Ceremony for a Bat Mitzvah
Riffing on the now-traditional candle-lighting, this ceremony offers a candle for eight women in Jewish history.
Cup of Life Ceremony
A beautiful alternative to a candle-lighting ceremony
Welcoming Ceremony for the Bar/Bat Mitzvah Celebrant
Following the synagogue service, a minyan of community members conveys what membership in the community entails.
Bat Mitzvah Battle
A mother’s poem describing her experiences with divorce as they affected her daughter’s Bat Mitzvah
Remember Us Project
The goal of the Remember Us Project is to have each Bar or Bat Mitzvah student remember one individual child lost in the Holocaust.
To Touch an Eternity
Poem marking the occasion of a child’s Bat/Bar Mitzvah
Mother’s Prayer
A mother’s prayer on the occasion of her daughter becoming Bat Mitzvah
Family Meetings
Describes how various families use family meetings for connection, problem-solving, and planning
A Parent’s Prayer for Patience
A prayer to be said when a parent feels tried by the job of parenting
A Prayer when Children Play Sports
I wrote this blessing for when my daughter plays sports on Shabbat instead of going to shul, though parents may say it on any day of the week
