Becoming Bar or Bat Mitzvah means to become a responsible member of the religious community. Most teens who become Bar or Bat Mitzvah take on a volunteer or social action project where they put their learning into action, frequently aligning their project with the teachings or values from the Torah portion they have practiced and memorized.
Parker's project supports the Jewish Social Services Agency, which has recently begun offering hospice services in Fairfax County. His project collects personal and household items to aid JSSA hospice in caring for members of our Jewish community as well as other members of our community at large.
If you would like to help, please consider bringing items to donate to the evening reception or visting JSSA's website
We are honored to include the Yad Vashem Bar Mitzvah Twinning Project, remembering a child whose life was cut short in the Holocaust by symbolically sharing with them a Bar or Bat Mitzvah they were never able to mark.
Yad Vashem pairs teens with the name and history of a child who may share a birthday, historic family origin, name, or other detail that connects them through history.
During the morning service, Parker will share a short reflection about his twin's story.