For Kids--Putting God on Your Guest List: How to Claim the Spiritual Meaning of Your Bar/Bat Mitzvah

by Jeffrey K. Salkin

The kids’ companion to the award-winning Putting God on the Guest List, 3rd How to Reclaim the Spiritual Meaning of Your Child’s Bar or Bat Mitzvah Used as an inspiring part of bar/bat mitzvah preparation for parents in hundreds of congregations around the world. Jewish youngsters and their parents need to turn inward at bar and bat mitzvah time and ask themselves these hard “Why are we doing this? What does it all mean?” At last, a guide especially for kids, to help them spiritually prepare for their bar/bat mitzvah. Explains the core spiritual values of Judaism to young people in a language they can understand. Questions at the end of each chapter engage kids and let them offer their own thoughts. A special section helps parents and kids find places to perform acts of tzedakah to honor the event―newly revised and updated.

134 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1998

Reviews

[Melvin Marsh · Rating 3 out of 5]

Definitely a good book to consider for your kids once they are approaching that age. It really is designed for young born-Jews. I would not advise adult bnei mitzvah students to read it, especially if they are Jews by Choice. I am a JBC who is preparing for my bar mitzvah and the focus on the bar mitzvah's parents and grandparents just ended up as being very painful to me. I wish there was a book that would be more appropriate for adult JBC's who are preparing for this.