Bar Mitzvah: A Jewish Boy's Coming of Age

by Eric A. Kimmel, Erika Weihs (Illustrator)

The creators of Days of Stories for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur answer questions about the bar mitzvah, discussing the rituals of a Jewish boy's coming of age, their meaning, the origins and history of the ceremony, and real-life bar mitvah experiences. Reprint.

160 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

Eric A. Kimmel is an American author of more than 150 children's books. His works include Caldecott Honor Book Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins (illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman), Sydney Taylor Book Award winners The Chanukkah Guest and Gershon's Monster, and Simon and the Bear: A Hanukkah Tale.
Kimmel was born in Brooklyn, New York and earned a bachelor's degree in English literature from Lafayette College in 1967, a master's degree from New York University, and a PhD in Education from the University of Illinois in 1973. He taught at Indiana University at South Bend, and at Portland State University, where he is Professor Emeritus of Education.
Kimmel lives with his wife, Doris, in Portland, Oregon.

Reviews

[Paul Sain · Rating 5 out of 5]

I had been wondering about what it would be like to be a jewish boy having my bar Mitzvah. Interviews from jewish boys remembering their bar Mitzvah.