B’nai Mitzvah Guide
To request a B’nai Mitzvah Guide with information regarding our program, please click the appropriate button below.
JNF Honor Book
The B’nai Mitzvah Honor Book, housed at JNF’s Jerusalem office, was initiated in 1936 and holds more than 100,000 names and photos commemorating B’nai Mitzvah. For a $54 donation, your child’s name will be inscribed in this historic book. In addition, a certificate will be sent to your child and a tree will be planted in his/her honor. Your child will also receive a book about the history of Israel.
Find it in the JNF store.
Welcome to the Newly Expanded Simcha Program
Celebrate Your Simcha With A Mitzvah!
Your child’s Bar/Bat Mitzvah celebration is one of the most joyous occasions in your family’s history. JNF knows that you want this day to be meaningful and memorable. That’s why JNF offers you a variety of unique ways to celebrate this milestone. Please see a complete listing of our various B’nai Mitzvah programs below, or click on the link at your right to request a JNF B’nai Mitzvah Program Guide, free of charge.
High Quality Customized JNF Tree And Water Invitations & Certificates For Your Simcha.
Purchase unique and exquisite JNF invitations, designed by Encore Studios, or certificates for any budget. Prices start at $7.00 apiece (a $5.00 tax deductible contribution to JNF has been included in the price of each invitation or certificate.) These can be customized to use as invitations, favors, table signs or for candle-lighting ceremonies. Each invitation or certificate represents a tree that has been planted in Israel or a donation to water resource development in Israel in honor of your guests. Select from numerous fonts and thermographed colored print in both English and Hebrew. For more information or to place an order, please call 1-800-700-1312.
Click here to see more details about our selection of invitations and certificates.
Purchase more than 100 invitations or certificates and receive our special gift, a beautiful wood framed Garden Certificate, representing a garden of trees planted by JNF in honor of your simcha. We also offer this in a water certificate version.
Please allow 3 weeks for your order to be completed once the final proof is approved.
JNF and U: Bar/Bat Mitzvah Projects
Jewish National Fund played a central role in establishing the State of Israel, so it is very appropriate to choose a JNF project for your Bar/Bat Mitzvah. JNF is also the leading environmental agency in Israel, so if you’re interested in the environment, both here and in Israel, a JNF project is for you. JNF helps the people of Israel in many ways. You will receive a special JNF certificate at your Bar/Bat Mitzvah service for taking part in tikkun olam/service projects through JNF. Click here, and find inspiration to add meaning to your own Bar/Bat Mitzvah celebration!
B’nai Mitzvah Remembrance Wall
This stone wall, located in Jerusalem’s American Independence Park and designed to look like a Torah scroll, allows children celebrating their Bar/Bat Mitzvah to link their names to a child who perished in the Holocaust and continue the circle of life. For an $1,800 donation a glass tile will be embedded into the wall that bears the name of the B’nai Mitzvah child, his/her hometown and date of the simcha, as well as the name and home country of a child who perished at the hands of the Nazis. Please allow 6 weeks for the tile to be embedded and for a plaque with a personalized certificate to be sent to the B’nai Mitzvah child. Funds raised from the wall will go towards developing, maintaining, and advancing JNF’s five Israel campsites for Jewish youth.
B'nai Mitzvah Remembrance Wall in the JNF Store
Celebrate your Bar or Bat Mitzvah in Israel!
Whether you’re looking for an intimate Bar/Bat Mitzvah or prefer to join a Bar/Bat Mitzvah tour, JNF Travel and Tours can plan the perfect event and celebration. JNF Travel and Tours is here to cater to your desires.
If you are interested in Bar & Bat Mitzvah Tours in Israel, please click here for more information. You may also contact Hannah Schwartz at (877) JNF-TOUR or email hschwartz@jnf.org.
Jewish National Fund’s Plant Your Way to Israel™ program provides students with an opportunity to earn a free trip to Israel. Students fundraise for their trip by selling trees for $36. Half of the funds go to planting trees in Israel with JNF, and the other half can be used by the student for any trip to Israel.
Register for Plant Your Way and get more information at support.jnf.org/pyw
Questions? Contact education@jnf.org
Simcha Showcases
Party Planning Showcases (ORT America)
Sunday, March 15, 2009
L I Marriott, Uniondale
11:30 am ~ 4:30 pm
Free admission with completed registration
Celebrate! Showcases
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Hyatt Regency Hotel
Old Greenwich, CT
12pm ~ 5:00 pm
Free admission and parking
