The Leadership Bat Mitzvah program is designed as a platform through which participants develop their own sense of self within the Jewish Community, both locally and globally.
Through hands-on learning, mentorship, workshops, and field trips, participants will be able to see their path as Jewish women begin to unfold before them and play an active role in defining how they fit in. This value-based, cultural, and traditional curriculum will become the foundation for leadership development. Our program will include a mitzvah project, designed and executed by the group to reinforce that these Jewish girls have the power to change the world.
Jewish Identity:
- What is a Bat Mitzvah and what are we
celebrating? - Independent thinking and building
confidence - Where did I come from? Who I am
today? Who do I want to be? - Who am I named after? What is my
Hebrew name? - Jewish Cooking
Jewish History:
- Holocaust introduction (age
appropriate) - Israel
- Antisemitism – understanding the rise
of antisemitism in today’s landscape
and how to react, respond and deflect - Survivor meeting
- Twinning program
Jewish Life & Life Cycles:
- Jewish Calendar (holidays, Shabbat and
Havdallah) - Challah bake
- Bris/Baby naming
- Wedding - Mikvah visit
- Death - visit to Paperman Funeral Home
Jewish Values:
- Tzedakah (charity)
- Forgiveness
- Gratitude
- Social responsibility
- Freedom
- Tikun Olam (repairing the world)
- Independent/Group Mitzvah Project
- Chanukah at Senior’s residence
Jewish Leadership:
- Workshop with Federation CJA
- Workshops with community leaders of
varying fields - Where do I fit in? - Value of sisterhood, friendship and
positive relationships - Auberge Shalom workshop
- Female leaders past and present and
the values they embody - Creating your own path as future Jewish
leaders - Father-Daughter volunteer ex[erience
Bat Mitzvah Ceremony:
- Culmination of learning with text, song, individual presentations
- Certificate of completion
Parent Involvement
Parents are responsible for the following roles.
- Communication liaison(s) must be appointed to communicate between parents and CBT throughout the program.
In Preparation for the Ceremony:
- Design, order, and distribute Kippas
- Creating ceremony program
- Twin frame layout
- Family photo schedule
- Allocate number of seats per family, assign seats in sanctuary, label seats night before
- Saturday night set-up in synagogue (night before event: set up of guest Kippas, twinning table, programs,
- Purchasing teacher gifts
During Ceremony
- Presenting teacher gifts and speaking to guests
Program includes
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• 24 weeks of learning, culminating with the ceremony in our sanctuary officiated by our Rabbi. |
• Father/daughter volunteer day |
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• Teacher/Coordinator – Bonnie Leiner |
• Kippot |
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• Music Director – Amiel Bender |
• Bat Mitzvah girl, family, and ceremony photos – PBL Photography (Ryan Blau) |
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• Field trips |
• Set-up and clean-up of Sanctuary for ceremony, and Paradise Hall for Kiddish |
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• Volunteer opportunities |
• Security |
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• Mother/daughter Challah Bake |
• Charity donations |
A Kiddish for GBM families and their guests will follow the ceremony.
Total cost per participant: $1600.00
Please note: A non-refundable deposit of $300.00 is required to confirm your daughter's participation.
For more information, please email:
Bonnie Leiner: gbm@bethtikvah.ca or Sari Medicoff: sari@bethtikvah.ca
