The Mitzvah Project Book: Making Mitzvah Part of Your Bar/Bat Mitzvah ... and Your Life
Make the world a better place through good deeds—big or small.
"Thank you, really, for devoting your energies to making the world just a little bit better. By doing so, you are saying to yourself, and to others, that this whole Bar/Bat Mitzvah thing is real and important. And, this book will help you figure out great ways to put your own passions, interests, and hobbies to work for mitzvah."
—from the Foreword
Are you searching for a meaningful and fun mitzvah project? This inspiring book is packed with ideas to help you connect something you love to a mitzvah project or tikkun olam initiative that you can be passionate about. It is filled with information, ideas and activities to spark your imagination, as well as a planning guide to get you organized and off to a good start.
Creativity and Compassion
Arts & Crafts • Clothes & Fashion • Computers & Technology • Food & Cooking • Movies & Drama • Reading & Writing
Putting Mitzvot in Motion
Animals • Camp • Fitness • Health • Music & Dance • Sports
Your World, Our World
Environment • Family • Friends, Neighbors & Your Community • Global Community • Israel • Your Jewish Heritage
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Book details
- Author
- Elizabeth Suneby, Diane Heiman
- Imprint
- Jewish Lights, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Subjects
- Religion › Judaism
- Topics
- bar and bat mitzvah · mitzvah projects · tikkun olam · tzedakah · Jewish teens · community service · Jewish values
- ISBN-13
- 9781580234580 (Paperback)9781683364054 (Hardcover)
About the author
DIANE HEIMAN is an author of nonfiction for children writing primarily on Jewish topics, with several books published including The JGuy’s Guide: The GPS for Jewish Teen Guys, It’s a…It’s a…It’s a Mitzvah and The Mitzvah Project Book.
Heiman’s children’s book See What You Can Be: Explore Careers That Could Be for You received the Children’s Choice Award. She holds degrees from Brown University and Georgetown Law School and serves as a Senior Editor at Moment Magazine.
When she’s not writing, Heiman draws on more than ten years of legal practice, during which she co-founded the Equal Justice Foundation at Georgetown Law School, a organization that funds law student internships at nonprofits. Much of her nonfiction explores Jewish topics and values for young readers.