It was my turn again on the Rabbis Without Borders blog on My Jewish Learning.
I’ve been thinking a lot about bar/bat mitzvah recently, about what it means to kids and families and how I as a rabbi am responsible in part for crafting an experience that helps make meaning. The performative aspect is one part that I have become more suspect of, and this blog post is reflects some of what I have been thinking. I hope to write more about communal expectations and how we “do” bar/bat mitzvah at a later date.
The One Thing We Need to Stop Saying to our Kids at their Bar or Bat Mitzvah