Becoming a B'nai Mitzvah A child of the commandments

Rabbi Simone Schicker, B’nai Mitzvah Coordinator Diane Schear, private tutors, and teachers of the Marvin and Rosalie Okun Kalamazoo Community Jewish School (OKCJS) prepare our children for their bar or bat mitzvah.

Parents play a crucial role in this life-changing journey by assisting their children with additional studying and with the completion of their mitzvah projects. In this context mitzvah is translated as “good deed” or “community service.” The dictionary translation of mitzvah is “commandment.”