MaBat is an annual program for girls in their Bat Mitzvah year, together with their mother, father, or a meaningful adult figure in their lives.

It is conceived as a space of accompaniment during a significant moment of transition into adolescence. We understand the Bat Mitzvah not only as a single celebratory event, but as an opportunity to enter into a process of reflection, dialogue, and shared growth.

​

In Hebrew, MaBat means “gaze” or “perspective,” and Bat means daughter. The program invites participants to pause and develop a conscious perspective on identity, body, memory, and belonging, in dialogue with Jewish tradition and contemporary life.

​

Throughout the year, we engage with texts, stories, and female figures from Jewish tradition, as well as moments from the Hebrew calendar, understood as cultural frameworks that accompany time and growth. These materials are approached from a pluralistic and contemporary perspective, opening questions rather than offering fixed answers.

​

The program unfolds over monthly sessions throughout the year, including a final weekend retreat in nature. Each session combines study, conversation, and creative exploration - working through a different artistic medium each time, such as collage, visual arts, sculpting, mask-making, movement, sculpture and more.

Creativity is understood as a path to knowledge, self-expression, and meaning-making.

​

Themes explored throughout the process include identity and transformation, femininity and growth, memory and intergenerational transmission, community and responsibility, as well as questions of freedom and leadership.

​

MaBat takes place in an intimate, respectful, and non-religious environment, encouraging reflection, personal expression, and the building of community.