Type: Article

A rabbi discusses her desire to incorporate the notion of covenant into her daughter’s babynaming

A brief guide to babynaming history and how-to

An article explaining the traditional uses of mikveh and modern perspectives on it, including a review of contemporary literature on the subject

Although Judaism offers myriad blessings for every event, there has traditionally been no way to mark one’s first sexual experience. The author discusses the need for such a blessing and offers a possibility.

A set of suggestions for creating a Jewish celebration of menarche

The author realizes that in a religion imbued with the idea of making ordinary moments sacred through blessing, there was no blessing for the moment of her first period. She explores how that moment would have been different had it been blessed.

Mordecai Kaplan’s daughter describes her bat mitzvah in 1922 in New York.

A program involving text study, the creation of blessings, and tzedakah, welcoming girls into the rich continuum of Jewish women’s experience

This list, compiled for Orthodox girls, has good ideas for anyone planning a bar or bat mitzvah.

A guide to creating a meaningful ceremony within the framework of traditional Judaism