Family-Crafted B-Mitzvah: The Grandparent’s Role in Creating a Unique Experience This Family-Crafted B-Mitzvah guide is meant to launch you into a grandparent-led experience or ritual marking the newest Jewish adult in your family — your teen grandchild. The... Explore
Upon Becoming a B-Mitzvah: An Intergenerational Water-Pouring Ceremony This water-pouring ceremony, developed by Mayyim Hayyim Living Waters Community Mikveh, celebrates the intergenerational experience of a B-Mitzvah teen and the support... Explore
How Your Grandchild’s B-Mitzvah Can Enrich Your Relationship with Your Adult Child Steps you can take to develop and enhance your own relationship with the parents of your B-Mitzvah grandchild. ... Explore
Grandparents’ Role in Their Grandchildren’s B-Mitzvah Experience 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... Explore
Grandparents Are Now Part of a National B–Mitzvah Family Education Program Moving Traditions B-Mitzvah curriculum weaves in grandparents as integral to the family experience.... Explore
For Teens: How You Can Interview Your Grandparents Interviewing your grandparent might be a brand-new and fun experience for you both. The conversation, if you develop it thoughtfully, may coax forgotten memories... Explore
A Grandmother’s Reflection: Making the B-Mitzvah Journey with My Grandchildren 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... Explore
Writing a Forever Letter as Your Grandchild Becomes B-Mitzvah 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... Explore
Still Life Tells Moving Stories — A Grandparent-Grandchild Photography Experience Combine the memory-power of objects and the ease of photography for you and your B-Mitzvah grandchild to share parts of yourselves.... Explore
B-Mitzvah for All: Creating Accessible, Inclusive, and Meaningful Experiences for Teens of All Abilities Steps for clergy and educators to imagine what is possible for the B-Mitzvah teen with disabilities.... Explore