What the Sikh Turban-Tying ceremony can teach us about B-Mitzvah...
This interactive guide is designed especially for grandparents and grandchildren (ages 3–8) to use together — either in person or at a distance.The kit offers ideas and activities to bring Hanukkah to life through play, imagination, and hands-on discovery.The 16 downloadable pages include:Background and rituals...
3 strategies for having significant pre- and post- B-Mitzvah conversations with your grandchild...
Steps you can take to develop and enhance your own relationship with the parents of your B-Mitzvah grandchild...
Steps for clergy and educators to imagine what is possible for the B-Mitzvah teen with disabilities....
Combine the memory-power of objects and the ease of photography for you and your B-Mitzvah grandchild to share parts of yourselves....
JGN held a two-afternoon virtual symposium in May 2022 in which Jewish spiritual leaders, educators, ritualists, grandparents, and teens from across the country explored expansively how to transform grandparents’ roles in their grandchildren’s B-Mitzvah. The report below documents key findings and recommendations from the symposium. [dflip id="5855"...
Our closets and cabinets are filled with ordinary personal treasures — a pitcher from an aunt, a grandfather’s Kiddush cup, trinkets you collected in a foreign country, a pocket watch that no longer works. Sometimes we forget the potent family stories they hold. We have...
It’s a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Your grandchild is becoming B-Mitzvah. You envision them standing on the bimah, or perhaps encircled by family in a home celebration, chanting and singing and sharing the wisdom they have found in the Torah portion. At this milestone occasion, you may want...
The B-Mitzvah walks across the bridge from childhood to young adulthood. It’s our Jewish way of accepting growth and inviting our teens into the community of adults. Grandparents can cross the bridge with them. We can engage with them, encourage them, and enjoy each other...
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