Surviving Your Bar/Bat Mitzvah

Informationen zum Autor Cantor Matt Axelrod (Congregation Beth Israel, Scotch Plains, NJ) has more than 20 years of experience preparing Jewish students for their bnei mitzvah. He is a graduate of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America and a past member of the Executive Council of the Cantors Assembly. Klappentext In Surviving Your Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Cantor Matt Axelrod provides a practical, humorous guide for Jewish students and their families as they prepare for their "big day." Breezy and friendly yet reassuring and focused, Axelrod cuts through the fear and stress that teens often feel in the months leading up to their bar or bat mitzvah. Cantor Axelrod's experience helping hundreds of teens prepare for their bnei mitzvah will help students and families not just survive but understand and enjoy this important Jewish milestone. Zusammenfassung Axelrod provides a practical! humorous guide for Jewish students and their families as they prepare for their big day. Breezy and friendly yet reassuring and focused! Axelrod cuts through the fear and stress that teens often feel in the months leading up to their bar or bat mitzvah. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chapter 1: Why Am I Having a Bar Mitzvah? Chapter 2: Wait! I Have to Practice? Chapter 3: The Trouble with Trope Chapter 4: Everything You Always Wanted to Know about the Jewish Calendar (and probably a lot more than that!) Chapter 5: Can We Get Some Service Here Please? Chapter 6: What if I Make a Mistake?! Chapter 7: You Need to Attend Services More! Chapter 8: Revenge of the Bar Mitzvah Kid Chapter 9: Help! My * is Driving me Crazy! Chapter 10: Take Charge! Chapter 11: But We're Not Religious (and other things that keep you away from temple) Chapter 12: Make a Connection to Just One Thing Chapter 13: Now What? Appendix I: The Ultimate Insider's Quick Hints and Tricks Glossary Index About the Author

Klappentext

In Surviving Your Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Cantor Matt Axelrod provides a practical, humorous guide for Jewish students and their families as they prepare for their "big day." Breezy and friendly yet reassuring and focused, Axelrod cuts through the fear and stress that teens often feel in the months leading up to their bar or bat mitzvah. Cantor Axelrod's experience helping hundreds of teens prepare for their bnei mitzvah will help students and families not just survive but understand and enjoy this important Jewish milestone.

Zusammenfassung
Axelrod provides a practical, humorous guide for Jewish students and their families as they prepare for their big day. Breezy and friendly yet reassuring and focused, Axelrod cuts through the fear and stress that teens often feel in the months leading up to their bar or bat mitzvah.

Inhalt

Introduction Chapter 1: Why Am I Having a Bar Mitzvah? Chapter 2: Wait! I Have to Practice? Chapter 3: The Trouble with Trope Chapter 4: Everything You Always Wanted to Know about the Jewish Calendar (and probably a lot more than that!) Chapter 5: Can We Get Some Service Here Please? Chapter 6: What if I Make a Mistake?! Chapter 7: You Need to Attend Services More! Chapter 8: Revenge of the Bar Mitzvah Kid Chapter 9: Help! My * is Driving me Crazy! Chapter 10: Take Charge! Chapter 11: But We're Not Religious (and other things that keep you away from temple) Chapter 12: Make a Connection to Just One Thing Chapter 13: Now What? Appendix I: The Ultimate Insider's Quick Hints and Tricks Glossary Index About the Author