Boyz II Mensches with Adam Teitelbaum

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Men are drifting, disconnected, and increasingly absent from communal life, argues longtime Jewish communal professional Adam Teitelbaum in his new essay, Boyz II Mensches. What does this mean for Jewish life, starting with the bar mitzvah?

 

On April 16, Rabbi David Wolpe sat down with Adam for a live virtual conversation where they explored how the bar mitzvah lost its power as a profound rite of passage, how to reclaim this foundational period in a boy’s life, and how to help Jewish boys eventually become Jewish men.

 

Read Adam’s essay in SAPIR, Boyz II Menscheshttps://sapirjournal.org/aspiration-ii/2026/boyz-ii-mensches/

 

Watch the interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXczsCczOGg

 

Questions or comments? Send us a note at ⁠info@sapirjournal.org⁠

 

Music from #Uppbeat: ⁠https://uppbeat.io/t/theo-gerard/monsieur-groove  

2026-04-24 50 min

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