Bar Mitzvah
Sarah Silberstein Swartz

Excerpts from memoirs, biographies, novels, short stories, religious, ethical, and psychological literature, and visual art provide the bar mitzvah boy with examples from his Jewish heritage.

‘Some of you will see this books as the perfect symbol of the rite of passage you are experiencing. Others may regard it as just one small drop in the ocean of presents you received after you read your Torah portion and your hafTorah. But I urge you to treasure it, and to fill in the pages about yourself, your family, and your community as soon as you can. For in time, your Bar Mitzvah and this book will represent the precious legacy you want for yourself and, one day, for your children.’