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Interview Interview with Diane Heiman JBC’s Christine Maasdam interviews Diane Heiman, co-writer with Liz Suneby of It’s a…It’s a…It’s a Mitzvah and The Mitzvah Project Book (Jewish Lights… Christine Maasdam February 26, 2013
Nonfiction Barry Sonnenfeld, Call Your Mother: Memoirs of a Neurotic Filmmaker Barry Sonnenfeld
Nonfiction Bar Mitzvah, Bat Mitzvah: Planning the Perfect Day Amy Nebens; Ellen Silverman and David Lewis Sternfeld, illus.
Visual Arts Bar Mitzvah Disco: The Music May Have Stopped, But the Party’s Never Over Roger Bennett, Nick Kroll, Jules Shell
Nonfiction The Bar Mitzvah and The Beast: One Family’s Cross-Country Ride of Passage by Bike Matt Biers-Ariel
Children’s The Mitzvah Project Book: Making Mitzvah Part of Your Bar/Bat Mitzvah and Your Life Liz Suneby and Diane Heiman
Children’s Bar Mitzvah, Bat Mitzvah: The Ceremony, the Party, and How the Day Came to Be Bert Metter; Joan Reilly, illus.
Children’s The Bar and Bat Mitzvah Manual: Six Steps to a Memorable Family Celebration Steven M. Bob and Lisa Bob Howard
Essay Destination Bat Mitzvahs Earlier this week, Shulamit Reinharz and Barbara Vinick wrote about the history of the bat mizvah and Barbara Vinick shared her own story. Today, Shulamit Reinharz… Barbara Vinick, Shulamit Reinharz January 13, 2012
Essay The Sisterhood of Bat Mitzvah On Monday, Shulamit Reinharz and Barbara Vinick wrote about the history of the bat mitzvah for Jewish Book Council and MyJewishLearning. Today, Barbara Vinick… Barbara Vinick, Shulamit Reinharz January 11, 2012
Essay Today I Am a Woman Shulamit Reinharz and Barbara Vinick are the editors of the recently published Today I Am a Woman: Stories of Bat Mitzvah around the World. They will be… Barbara Vinick, Shulamit Reinharz January 9, 2012
Nonfiction Today I Am a Woman: Stories of Bat Mitzvah around the World Barbara Vinick and Shulamit Reinharz, eds.
