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Bar/Bat Mitzvah Projects

Mitzvah Project Keeps Kids Engaged

Staff Writer
Bar/Bat Mitzvah Projects, J Kids
October 23, 2015

Bennett Katz founded AZChess4Charity in 2013 as a mitzvah project for his bar mitzvah. The program is still going strong. Bennett started with a benefit chess tournament at Temple Chai to raise money for starting a weekly chess club at UMOM and to give scholarship to underprivileged kids at the Ramat Gan Etude Chess club…

MITZVAH PROJECT: David Machbitz wants to help boost education success

Janet Arnold
Bar/Bat Mitzvah Projects
June 22, 2015

(This is the first post in Arizona Jewish Life’s project to help bar and bat mitzvah students achieve their mitzvah project goals. To have your project posted on our site, contact janet.arnold@azjewishlife.com) David Machbitz comes from a family that not only believes in the value of education but also puts their time, energies and resources…

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