Bnai Mitzvah Resources

Step 1 — Parashah and Torah reading

BimBam: The Torah Animated — weekly parashah videos
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCBC85FFFCEAC3F2C

Aleph Beta: Weekly Parsha Experiment
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmG0lNuEBb3BHcFiSS8mqo6n80hhMBZcn

Step 2 — Humanistic Judaism

Society for Humanistic Judaism
https://shj.org/

Sherwin Wine website
https://sherwinwine.com/

Society for Humanistic Judaism YouTube channel
https://www.youtube.com/user/societyforhj/videos

Step 3 — Jewish history and Sephardi culture

Daisy Braverman speaking Ladino

Step 4 — Holidays and Shabbat

18Doors: Most Important Jewish Holidays Cheat Sheet
https://18doors.org/jewish_holidays_cheat_sheet/

My Jewish Learning: Jewish Calendar and Major Holidays
https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/calendar-of-major-jewish-holidays/

Both URLs printed in the workbook remain available.

Spinoza Havurah YouTube playlists
https://www.youtube.com/SpinozaHavurah/playlists

Spinoza Havurah YouTube channel
https://www.youtube.com/@SpinozaHavurah

Hebcal candle-lighting and Shabbat times
https://www.hebcal.com/shabbat

HJUK Yehi Ratzones Seder for Rosh Hashanah
https://hjuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/YEHI-RATZONES-SEDER-PDF.pdf

Sarah Aroeste: “Anyada Buena”

Step 5 — Jewish life cycles

SHJ: Humanistic Jewish life-cycle events
https://shj.org/living-humanistic-judaism/life-cycle-events/

Step 6 — The history of B’Mitzvah

My Jewish Learning: The Surprising History of Bar/Bat Mitzvah and Confirmation
https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/history-of-barbat-mitzvah-and-confirmation/

My Jewish Learning: History of Bat Mitzvah
https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/history-of-bat-mitzvah/

Machar congregant’s B’Mitzvah talk
https://drive.google.com/file/d/13mYtCySRmDxbQC3X8yC2NEvS3I6g7UQ0/view

City Congregation: “The Postmodern Bar Mitzvah”

Society for Humanistic Judaism B’Mitzvah video

Machar B’Mitzvah video

Folder of Humanistic B’Mitzvah presentations
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1vAJ3BcXJPwJ-w2fy1RCrbJOWbPN5oTAK

Scenes from Humanistic Bar and Bat Mitzvahs
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL62AD9A402E11692C

Step 9 — Jewish languages

Hebrew Alef Bet Song

Carlos Yebra López: Language Revitalisation of Diasporic Languages — the Case of Ladino
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ7DiKt8cYQ

Carlos Yebra López: What Is Haketia?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNIe3S8POtw

Alicia Sisso Raz speaking Haketia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzBmzzZIs-o

Enkontros de Alhad playlist
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFJlHs1AE7pWOABnaTrjLMMQStJhJ8kwO

Ladino 21 YouTube channel
https://www.youtube.com/c/Ladino21

Liliana Benveniste

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