Putting G-d On The Guest List
How To Reclaim The Spiritual Meaning Of Your Child's Bar Or Bat Mitzvah
By Jeffrey K. Salkin
Jewish Lights Publishing; 3 Upd Rev edition: 2005
ISBN: 1580232221
Book Description:
The expanded,
updated, revised edition of today s most influential book (over 35,000
copies of the first edition in print) about finding core spiritual
values in American Jewrys most misunderstood ceremony. Joining
explanation, instruction, and inspiration to help parent and child, it
offers new insights into bar and bat mitzvah s origins, new ways for
non-Jewish parents to participate in their childs barmitzvah ceremony,
new resources, and much more. How did bar and bat mitzvah originate?
What are the ethics of celebration? How to make the event more
spiritually meaningful! An important update to the winner of the 1993
Benjamin Franklin Award for the Best Religion Book published in the
United States. A portion of all sales of Putting G-d on the Guest List is donated by the publisher to MAZON, a Jewish Response to Hunger.
About the Author Jeffrey K. Salkin is Rabbi
of The Community Synagogue in Port Washington, New York, and author of
Putting G-d on the Guest List which received the 1993 Benjamin Franklin
Award for the Best Religion Book published in the United States. He is
a member of the Graduate School Faculty of the Hebrew Union
College-Jewish Institute of Religion, NYC.
