This book freed our family from the bar mitzvah machine that our Temple has turned into and helped us come up with a bar mitzvah that is relevant...It is full of wonderful ideas.. --M. Shellster, Parent. Helps us to bring heart and soul to our involvement in Jewish life..
According to the dictionary, affirming is defined as: 1  State as a fact; assert strongly and publicly. he affirmed the countryâs commitment to peace. 2  Declare oneâs support for; uphold or defend. the referendum affirmed the republicâs right to secede. 3  Accept or confirm the validity of (a judgment or agreement); ratify.
1 Boasting, bragging, loud talking, rapping, signifying, and, to a degree, playing the dozens have elements of indirection. . . .  2 While signifying is a way of encoding a message, one's shared cultural knowledge is the basis on which any reinterpretation of the message is made. Signifying can affirm, critique, or build community through the involvement of its participants.. ( 2 Carole Boyce Davies, Encyclopedia of the African Diaspora: Origins, Experiences, and Culture. 3  ABC-CLIO, 2008).  4 Women, and to a certain extent children, commonly use more indirect methods of signifying.