Judaism Unbound Episode 379: Be Mitzvah, Your Way - Amy Atkins, Amanda Schwartz
Open Tent Be Mitzvah is a two-year experience, offered by the organization Judaism Your Way, that is focused on a student’s coming-of-age journey within a Jewish context. It culminates in a distinctive, meaningful "Be Mitzvah" ceremony that helps a student find their unique Jewish leadership voice. Amy Atkins and Amanda Schwartz, two of Open Tent Be Mitzvah's lead educators, join Dan Libenson and Lex Rofeberg for a conversation.
This episode is the 4th in an ongoing mini-series of Judaism Unbound episodes, honoring Bat Mitzvah's 100th anniversary, and exploring the present and future of B Mitzvah ("B Mitzvah" is a term for Jewish coming-of-age ceremonies, across the gender spectrum).
[1] ShavuotLIVE, Judaism Unbound’s annual 24-hour festival of digital Jewish learning, is coming up soon (May 26th-27th). Register by heading to bit.ly/shavuot23!
[2] Learn more about Open Tent Be Mitzvah by clicking here, and check out the work of Judaism Your Way more generally via JudaismYourWay.org.
[3] For a previous Judaism Unbound episode featuring Judaism Your Way, see Episode 213: Passover Your Way - Caryn Aviv, Brian Field.
[4] For the previous episodes in this series on B Mitzvah, see:
Episode 375: Bat Mitzvah’s 100th Birthday (Carole Balin, Judith Rosenbaum)
Episode 376: B Mitzvah, Reconstructed (Lauren Grabelle Herrmann)
[5] Lex mentions some fun wines with pictures of un-kosher animals on them. See the image below for this selection of wines, at the Shabbat potluck he and his wife recently hosted:
