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The New Shul

We are a progressive synagogue in Greenwich Village in Lower Manhattan (downtown New York).

SERVICES & EVENTS
272 W 10th St
New York City
(unless otherwise noted)

OFFICE
111 8th Ave, 11th Fl
NY NY 10011
212-284-6773 (phone)
212-284-6806 (fax) info@newshul.org

RESOURCES

Bar/Bat Mitzvah

See other categories as well, esp. Torah & Commentary

MATERIALS FROM THE NEW SHUL

• The New Shul Party Directory
  Party directory (pdf)
  Services and suppliers used by members of The New Shul for their b'nai mitzvah parties.
• The New Shul Shabbat Handout
  Handout - landscape orientation (word)
  A WORD template you can use to create a handout for guests coming to the service. Be sure to fill in the blanks wherever you see boldfaces Xs. Feel free to add other individual touches, such as the date or name of the person becoming a bar or bat mitzvah, and format as you like, but please do not change the descriptions of the ritual items, service or shul.

BOOKS

• Bar/Bat Mitzvah Basics
  A Practical Family Guide to Coming of Age Together
  edited by Leneman Helen
  on amazon.com
• The Bar/Bat Mitzvah Planbook
  by Ellen Epstein and Jane Lewit
  on amazon.com
• Bat Mitzvah: A Jewish Girl's Coming of Age
  by Barbara Diamond Goldin and Erika Weihs
  on amazon.com
• The Complete Bar/Bat Mitzvah Book
  Everything You Need to Plan a Meaningful Celebration
  by Patti Moskovitz
  on amazon.com
• The Complete Bar/Bat Mitzvah Planner
  by Linda Seifer Sage
  on amazon.com
• Putting God on Your Guest List
  How to Claim the Spiritual Meaning of Your Bar or Bat Mitzvah
  (FOR KIDS)
  by Jeffrey K. Salkin
  on amazon.com
• Putting God on the Guest List
  How to Reclaim the Spiritual Meaning of Your Child's Bar or Bat Mitzvah
  (FOR PARENTS)
  by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin
  on amazon.com
• Whose Bar/Bat Mitzvah Is This Anyway?
  A Guide for Parents Through a Family Rite of Passage
  by Judith David
  on amazon.com

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Environment

WEBSITES

• Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life
  Mobilizes Jewish resources to protect the earth and its inhabitants
• Hazon
  Creates and supports outdoor and environmental activities and education to enhance Jewish life

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History

BOOKS

• American Judaism
  A History
  by Jonathan D. Sarna
  on amazon.com
• Ancient Israel
  From Abraham to the Roman Destruction of the Temple
  by Hershel Shanks
  on amazon.com
• A History of Israel
  From the Rise of Zionism to Our Time
  by Howard M. Sachar
  on amazon.com
• The Jew in the Modern World
  A Documentary History
  by Paul Mendes-Flohr and Jehuda Reinharz
  on amazon.com
• Maus
  by Art Spiegelman
  on amazon.com
• The Zionist Idea
  by Arthur Hertzberg
  on amazon.com

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Holidays

BOOKS

• The Jewish Holidays
  by Michael Strassfeld
  on amazon.com
• The Sabbath
  by Abraham Joshua Heschel
  on amazon.com
• Seasons of Our Joy
  by Arthur Waskow
  on amazon.com

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Judaism

BOOKS

• Back to the Sources
  by Barry W. Holtz
  on amazon.com
• Jewish Literacy
  by Joseph Telushkin
  on amazon.com
• Liberal Judaism
  by Eugene B. Borowitz
  on amazon.com
• Tales of the Hasidim
  by Martin Buber
  on amazon.com

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Life & Culture

WEBSITES

• Avoda Arts
  Integrates film, photography, painting, music, and theatre into Jewish learning
• GesherCity
  Helps connect young adults to their local Jewish community
• JDub Records
  Produces and disseminates new and innovative Jewish music
• Jew School
  Offers alternative views and culture
• JewZ
  Jewish portal

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Rituals & Practices

BOOKS

• The Enchantments of Judaism
  by Jacob Neusner
  on amazon.com
• Jewish Spiritual Practices
  by Yitzhak Buxbaum
  on amazon.com
• Your Word is Fire
  The Hasidic Masters on Contemplative Prayer
  by Arthur Green and Barry W. Holtz
  on amazon.com

WEBSITES

• My Jewish Learning How-to Guides
  How-to guides, including multimedia presentations, for Shabbat, holidays, daily practices and life events.
• Ritual Well
  Resources for creating contemporary Jewish rituals to use in your own life.
• Storahtelling
  Jewish ritual theater
• Yahrzeit Calendar Calculator
  Enter the date of a death and this site will provide a list of yahrzeit dates for the next 50 years.

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Social Justice

WEBSITES

• American Jewish World Service
  Works to alleviate poverty, hunger and disease among people in the developing world
• MAZON
  Fights hunger and its causes worldwide
• New Israel Fund
  Promotes civil rights and social justice for all Israelis
• Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
  Educates and mobilizes the American Jewish community on legislative and social issues

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Torah & Commentary

BOOKS

• The Bedside Torah
  Wisdom, Visions, and Dreams
  by Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson
  on amazon.com
• The Book of Legends
  Legends from the Talmud and Midrash
  by Hayim Nahman Bialik and Yehoshua Hana Ravnitzky
  on amazon.com
• Exploring The Torah
  by Shirley Stern
  on amazon.com
• Lilmod Ulelamade
  From the Teachings of our Sages on Judges by Rabbi Mordechai Katz
  on amazon.com
• The Living Torah
  by Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan
  on amazon.com
• Living Torah
  Selections from Seven Years of Torat Chayim
  by Elaine Rose Glickman
  on amazon.com
• Sedra Scenes
  by Stan J. Beiner
  on amazon.com
• A Torah Commentary for Our Times
  by Harvey Fields
  on amazon.com

WEBSITES

• Chabad Parshah
  Torah commentary
• My Jewish Learning
  Torah commentary
• Navigating the Bible
  Resources for learning to chant each Torah portion, including audio.
• Union for Reform Judaism Torah Portions
  Torah commentary
• United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Torah Sparks
  Quotations and questions for discussion

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Travel & Camp

WEBSITES

• Birthright Israel
  Provides the gift of first-time, peer-group, educational trips to Israel for Jewish young adults ages 18 to 26
• Teva Adventure
  Offers wilderness programs for Jewish teens and adults
• Foundation for Jewish Camping
  Promotes and provides directory of Jewish summer camps

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Women & Feminism

BOOKS

• Deborah, Golda, and Me
  by Letty Cottin Pogrebin
  on amazon.com
• Standing Again at Sinai
  by Judith Plaskow
  on amazon.com

WEBSITES

• Kolot: Center for Jewish Women's & Gender Studies
  Brings insights and innovative practices from the academic study of gender and Judaism to the Jewish community
• Ma'yan: The Jewish Women's Project
  Provides resource for women working for change within the Jewish community