Sam Raimi, director (Spider-Man, A Simple Plan), producer and screenwriter
MitzvahChic is fun, refreshing, insightful and original...Judaism has never seemed so cool.


Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin, author of Putting God on the Guest List and The Bar and Bat Mitzvah Memory Book
…shows how to make bar and bat mitzvah celebrations more Jewish and joyful. Even the bar can become a mitzvah!


Rabbi Harold Kushner, author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People
...Just the right mix of serious content and entertainment tips. Any family will be helped by reading it!


Book Description
There's a new way of celebrating life's milestones and it debuts right here with a complete re-think of the bar and bat mitzvah. Milestones are sacred, deeply felt moments; times to be connected with friends, family and the wonder of the human adventure. Don't just decorate or adopt a theme - have a real experience. MitzvahChic is designed to take even beginners into the heart of the Torah to discover its universal and surprisingly modern treasures. And then use them to create a chic celebration that's moving to attend and impossible to forget. The book's a well of inspiration and a tactics guide. Take the journey and once you, too, have experienced the wonder, who knows where it will lead you…as a Jew and as a human being?

FROM THE PUBLISHER

There's a new way of celebrating life's milestones and it debuts right here with a complete re-think of the bar and bat mitzvah. Milestones are sacred, deeply felt moments; times to be connected with friends, family and the wonder of the human adventure. Don't just decorate or adopt a theme - have a real experience. MitzvahChic is designed to take even beginners into the heart of the Torah to discover its universal and surprisingly modern treasures. And then use them to create a chic celebration that's moving to attend and impossible to forget. The book's a well of inspiration and a tactics guide. Take the journey and once you, too, have experienced the wonder, who knows where it will lead you￯﾿ﾽas a Jew and as a human being?

FROM THE CRITICS

Baltimore Jewish Times

The timeline and checklists provide real security in charting progress through your planning journey. The appendices are chock-full of general, party and craft resources. For parents who want to say, 'This child is ours! And isn't he/she simply incredible,' MitzvahChic gives the road map.

Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle

Full and rich...repeatedly reminds readers that the best events are personal and soulful, big-on-heart celebrations that allow guests to feel that they're invited to share in one of a family's grand life passages. I'm inspired by Greenberg's abundant creativity.

Jewsweek.com

With rich and colorful photographs, this is the Martha Stewart guide to bar mitzvahs.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

Gail Greenberg shows us how to make bar and bat mitzvah celebrations more Jewish and more joyful. Yes, even the bar can become a mitzvah! (author of Putting God on the Guest List and The Bar and Bat Mitzvah Memory Book) — Jeffrey K. Salkin

MitzvahChic is fun, refreshing, insightful and original. More than a planbook to create one perfect Jewish day, it's a lens through which the ancient ideas of Torah look modern and poetic. Judaism has never seemed so cool. (film director ("Spider-Man", "A Simple Plan"), producer and screenwriter) — Sam Raimi