"...The celebration here at the Hebrew Congregation still focuses on the significance of the event itself. As the history of sacrifice and dedication permeates the sanctuary from the sand floor and the voices of those who went before us whisper in our ears, the Synagogue takes on a spirituality that is contagious. Many people have commented that worshipping in our Synagogue with our community is the highlight of their trip to the Caribbean. Celebrating a Bar or Bat Mitzvah here is so much more meaningful than the big party splash back home.

The Hebrew Congregation is not, and will not become, a Bar/Bat Mitzvah mill -- a place to run to for a ceremony in order to escape the responsibilities to a Jewish community. To celebrate a Bar/Bat Mitzvah in our congregation, a child's family must belong to a Synagogue in their community and be trained there. Whatever that child would normally do in the home congregation is what we will try to have them do here with our prayerbook and our melodies."


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