{"title":"Joanne Barrington Lipshutz","description":"\u003cp\u003eJOANNE BARRINGTON LIPSHUTZ, Reform Jewish Educator (RJE), is the co-author, with Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin, of the \u003cem\u003ePutting God on the Guest List\u003c\/em\u003e Teacher’s Guide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe guide earned a PMA Best Religion Book of the Year designation and is used in hundreds of Reform, Conservative, and Reconstructionist congregations. The RJE credential is awarded by the Association of Reform Jewish Educators to educators who have met established academic and professional standards in Reform Jewish education.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoanne Barrington Lipshutz’s books are published by Jewish Lights, an imprint of Turner Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/books-new-releases\"\u003eNew Releases\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/award-winning-books\"\u003eAward-Winning Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"putting-god-on-the-guest-list-teachers-guide","title":"Putting God on the Guest List Teacher's Guide","description":"\u003cp\u003ePMA Best Religion Book of the Year! The inspiring guide to spiritual celebration used in hundreds of congregations—Reform, Conservative, Reconstructionist—revised and expanded!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Parents and their children acutely feel the social pressures that surround bar and bat mitzvah. But they want to feel the spiritual promise of the event, the pull of the divine, and the knowledge that they are participating in an event that has meaning both in the ancient past and in the very immediate present. They want to know that the steep incline before them is their family's own version of Sinai, the summit where, in every generation, Jews meet God, individually and as a people. They want to know that bar and bat mitzvah can be a path to that summit. And they want to know how to get there. . . . This book can be their guide.\" —from \"Why This Book Was Born\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a joining of explanation, instruction and inspiration, Rabbi Salkin helps both parent and child truly be there when the moment of Sinai is recreated in their lives. Rabbi Salkin asks and answers questions that make parents and children more comfortable with the event and able to experience it more joyfully. How did bar and bat mitzvah originate? What is the lasting significance of the event? What are the ethics of celebration? What specific things can you do to reclaim the spiritual meaning of the event? How to further develop spirituality? What spiritual values can parents and young people build together? To help guide friends and family who are not Jewish through this important Jewish life cycle event, Rabbi Salkin provides a brief, welcoming overview: “What Non-Jews Should Know About the Bar and Bat Mitzvah Service.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1580232264\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9781580232265\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Joanne Barrington Lipshutz, RJE","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43231096111320,"sku":"9781580232265","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43231096144088,"sku":"9781683362470","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/9781580232265_FC_mockup_v2_1738761975_c817a320-a239-4241-bf57-459153fe768d.jpg?v=1791012486"}],"url":"https:\/\/turnerpublishing.com\/collections\/author-joanne-barrington-lipshutz.oembed","provider":"Turner Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}