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Since initiating the Areyvut Bnai Mitzvah Resource Center this past September, we have reached out to students, parents, and educators to help incorporate social action into bar/bat mitzvah celebrations. From acting as an informal advisor to schools across the New York area and beyond to meeting with small groups of parents and celebrants, Areyvut is making a name for itself as an important information source on Bnai Mitzvah social action programs.
One of the focal points of Areyvut's recent Bnai Mitzvah programs was an evening in November spent with more than ten Bnai Mitzvah students and parents on Manhattan's Upper East Side. At the invitation of a parent who was interested in designing a social action project for her Bar Mitzvah age son and his friends, Areyvut founder and director Daniel Rothner and special projects coordinator Shira Hammerman facilitated an informational discussion about different ways that tikkun olam can be incorporated into a Bar Mitzvah celebration. This was followed by a brainstorming session in which the group used the students' interests as a springboard for project ideas. The Bnai Mitzvah celebrants walked away with a number of ideas of how they can participate in sports and literacy programs while helping their local communities. Areyvut is continuing to work with them to personalize their tzedakah projects. Similar evenings have been organized in Westchester, Skokie, Long Island and Boston and are being planned across the country in the upcoming months. If you are interested in arranging an information meeting and discussion in your area, please contact us at 212- 813-2950.
Areyvut continues to hold one-on-one consultations with Bnai Mitzvah students who wish to design tikkun olam projects for their upcoming celebrations based on their individual interests. If you are interested in arranging an individual Bnai Mitzvah consultation, please complete the "In-Take Form" and e-mail it to daniel@areyvut.org, fax it to 212-813-2951 or send it to: Areyvut, 1001 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 1208, New York, NY 10018.
For your convenience, the "In-Take Form" has been created in two formats.
Areyvut's "In-Take Form" has been inspired by Danny Siegel, author of the "Danny Siegel's Bar and Bat Mitzvah Mitzvah Book: A Practical Guide for Changing the World Through Your Simcha" and member of Areyvut's Advisory Committee.
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