Are you looking to mark a personal milestone through Jewish ritual?
We help individuals and families…

Create rituals that are personal, authentic, and meaningful
We provide expert consultation about Jewish ritual design and facilitation.

Find expert ritual facilitators who can best meet your needs
Our referral service is highly personalized and grounded in our commitment to honor the diversity of the Bay Area Jewish community.

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People
We maintain an extensive database of rabbis, cantors, service leaders, ritual facilitators and officiants, teachers, tutors, Jewish spiritual directors, Jewish hospital and hospice chaplains, artists, musicians, and others who welcome referrals for all lifecycle rituals.

Information
Our library contains books (both informational and inspirational) on traditional and contemporary Jewish lifecycle rituals; articles; music; sample rituals, invitations, and programs; and a list of helpful websites. We also have Jewish rituals objects (an ark, prayer shawls, a chuppah, etc.) available for rent. Come and take a look!

Organizations
We are personally familiar with most Bay Area Jewish communal organizations and can make considered referrals if you are seeking connection to synagogues, Jewish Community Centers, adult education resources, and others. Call us for more information.

Upcoming events

Bnai Mitzvah Family Camp

A spiritual journey for the entire family enabling the Bnai Mitzvah preparatory experience to be an opportunity to grow individually and together.

August 18 - 24, 2008.

Co-sponsored by Jewish Milestones and Storahtelling

Treat your family to a unique retreat in preparation for your child's upcoming Bar/Bat Mitzvah. When a son or daughter officially begins the journey into adulthood it greatly impacts the whole family - parents, siblings, relatives and friends. We invite families of children becoming Bar/Bat Mitzvah between November 2008 and October 2009 to spend a week together before the school year begins to explore this significant rite of passage through creative arts, experiences in nature, Torah study and peer group discussions.

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Recent events

What Do You Get When You Take

1 Hospice Nurse
2 Jewish Communal Professionals
2 Mental Health Professionals
3 Professional Musicians
1 Visual Artist-Arts Educator
and 2 Activists

ON AN INTENSIVE 3-DAY RETREAT TO
STUDY JEWISH WEDDING FACILITATION?
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Starring Jewish Milestones:
Jewish Milestones Executive Director, Rachel Brodie led two "webinars" (web-based seminars) for rabbis, other synagogue professionals and lay leaders from Atlanta, Philadelphia and Los Angeles in late November. The 17 synagogues are part of STAR's (Synagogues: Transformation and Renewal) "Calling Synagogue Home" initiative to engage interfaith families through lifecycle events. Rachel's presentation was called, "Before I Can Call Synagogue Home I Need to Know What You Call Me" Engaging the Jewish Partner in an Interfaith Relationship.
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Artistic Ketubot
One of the many ways that Jewish Milestones serves as a resource is to function as consultants, not only with individuals and families, but also with communal institutions. One such relationship was forged with the Peninsula Jewish Community Center (PJCC) as they developed a yearlong cultural arts celebration of the Jewish lifecycle.
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Ongoing Opportunities

Ritual Resources Lending Library
We envision Jewish Milestones as a resource for everyone interested in learning about and creating Jewish ritual. To that end, we have created a lending library with books (both informational and inspirational) on traditional and contemporary Jewish lifecycle rituals; articles; music; poetry; ritual objects, sample invitations and programs, and a list of helpful websites. You are welcome to come and browse.

Jewish Milestones Resources and Links
SO MANY RESOURCES, SO LITTLE TIME…
An eclectic and unabashedly biased guide from Jewish Milestones