Boyz II Mensches with Adam Teitelbaum

<p>Men are drifting, disconnected, and increasingly absent from communal life, argues longtime Jewish communal professional <strong>Adam Teitelbaum</strong> in his new essay, <em>Boyz II Mensches</em>. What does this mean for Jewish life, starting with the bar mitzvah?</p><p> </p><p>On <strong>April 16, Rabbi David Wolpe </strong>sat down with Adam<strong> </strong>for a live virtual conversation where they explored how the bar mitzvah lost its power as a profound rite of passage, how to reclaim this foundational period in a boy’s life, and how to help Jewish boys eventually become Jewish men.</p><p> </p><p>Read Adam’s essay in SAPIR<strong>, Boyz II Mensches</strong>: <a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsapirjournal.org%2Faspiration-ii%2F2026%2Fboyz-ii-mensches%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cyael%40maimonidesfund.org%7Cfe8d2699cd8040d3f70608dea173ec78%7Cfacd90c05a6444fb89a9b66ca663c9b7%7C0%7C0%7C639125716421086302%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=s5yJ9HemTNn%2FZWBNrQuCcNxebetBmxeMOcUBaupTgxo%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://sapirjournal.org/aspiration-ii/2026/boyz-ii-mensches/</a></p><p> </p><p>Watch the interview on YouTube: <a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DzXczsCczOGg&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cyael%40maimonidesfund.org%7Cfe8d2699cd8040d3f70608dea173ec78%7Cfacd90c05a6444fb89a9b66ca663c9b7%7C0%7C0%7C639125716421103886%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=nB4sXvR%2B%2BKK9yYFQQDsiRTm0IeHXeOZdV7aekKZB%2FcY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXczsCczOGg</a></p><p> </p><p>Questions or comments? Send us a note at ⁠info@sapirjournal.org⁠</p><p> </p><p>Music from #Uppbeat: ⁠https://uppbeat.io/t/theo-gerard/monsieur-groove  </p><p></p>