BAR MITZVAHS • BAT MITZVAHS • WEDDINGS • BAR MITZVAHS • BAT MITZVAHS • ( en One Day Cleaning Available Upon Request eNG • PHOTOGRAPHERS CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER originally taught by the parents. Today, parents and teenagers assist the regular classroom teachers. In other ways, too, JPI has become a bit more conven- tional over the years. The two- and-a-quarter-hour-a-week Sunday school has been sup- plemented by optional after- school programs, including Hebrew language classes and a b'nai mitzvah program which involves a "philosophical" study of Torah and Talmud in English, 32 hours of community ser- vice, and the presentation of a research project at a group ceremony. The introduction three years ago of the b'nai mitzvah ceremony was motivated by more than an urge to return to roots, according to Hirschhorn. "We were losing males at bar mitzvah age." The b'nai mitzvah program seems to have done the trick. 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