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Available
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Publication
Northvale, N.J. : Jason Aronson, 1995.
Description
Because thirteen-year-old Gabe is mentally disabled and has special needs, his rabbi and family create an unconventional bar mitzvah for him, one centered around the story of Noah's ark.
User reviews
LibraryThing member raizel
"Some really practical ideas for parents who want to raise 'good enough' Jewish kids to insure that the Jewish people last at least another generation" according to the title page. Categories are Basic Principles, Shabbat, Holiday Celebration, A Jewish Home, Jewish Nationalism, Jewish Education,
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Bar/Bat Mitzvah and Teenagers, Dating & Marriage, Final Wisdom, and Appendices. Show Less
LibraryThing member melsmarsh
"40 things you can do to save the Jewish people" is an excellent book especially if you are a Jewish parent or teacher, other Jews would likely get something out of it as well but not as much as the first two groups.
This is an excellent list, often times funny, and gives great examples for how to
I've already told a friend of mine who is both a Jewish parent and Jewish teacher (or was a Jewish teacher anyway) that she needs to track down this book. I may even buy a copy for her if she can't afford her own.
This is an excellent list, often times funny, and gives great examples for how to
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compromise on what both parents and kids often want out of their Jewish life. For example, whether or not to continue Jewish education past bar/bat mitzvah.I've already told a friend of mine who is both a Jewish parent and Jewish teacher (or was a Jewish teacher anyway) that she needs to track down this book. I may even buy a copy for her if she can't afford her own.
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Physical description
245 p.; 24 cm
ISBN
1568213891 / 9781568213897
Local notes
304, GRI
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