The Bar Mitzvah and the Beast
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.29 (964 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1594856729 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-07-31 |
| Language | : | English |
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An outstanding adventure and heart warming story Mike I loved this book and the ending brought a few tears to my eyes. Part of that might be because I'm a softy but a lot of it had to do with the connection I found with the characters and their story. As a young father myself, who also grapples with the big theological and philosophical questions of life, I found a great connection with this adorable family and their journey across America by bike.The basic premise of the story got my attenti. Caught by surprise I was at REI looking for paddling guides. I saw the title of this book and rolled my eyes, which of course meant that I needed to investigate further. Just to be sure it wasn't as bad as it originally seemed to be. I glanced at the author's name, flipped quickly to the back cover, and realized: holy crap. This is my eighth grade teacher! I bought the book immediately.Mr. Biers rode his bike to school in 1992 and 1993 when he was teaching a. SJ Coker said Worth the ride. "No way."This was my wife's comment when--about midway through reading The Bar Mitzvah and the Beast--I provided a rough sketch of the action and suggested that, perhaps, we too could embark on a similar adventure. For now, our two boys are only nine and six-years-old, and we have discussed options for a variety of character-building experiences for them as they approach the middle school years. Our options have included fantasies involvin
He lives in Davis, California. . Prior to becoming a public school teacher, he held a variety of educational positions in the Jewish community. Matt Biers-Ariel claims to be the author of four books, an above average English teacher, an excellent father (occasionally), and a fairly decent husband
Biers-Ariel's entertaining and occasionally poignant memoir of this road trip. The Bar Mitzvah and the Beast is Mr. (The Beast is the author's name for the flat-tire-prone tandem bike that he peddles with his younger son, Solomon.) To include a bit of public service, the family decides that, along the way, it will collect signatures on a petition urging Congress to curtail global warming. - --The Davis EnterpriseThe road across country is paved with goodintentions in this charming story of an adventurous family that decides to do somethingspecial in honor of their oldest son's bar mitzvah….Matt Biers-Ariel, a public school teacher, chronicles the journey with a mixture of gentle humor and life les
Family road-trip plot summary: Man plans, God Laughs (old Jewish adage). But then his hard-to-impress teenage son, Yonah, refused to have a Bar Mitzvah as he approached age thirteen. Oh, and bicycles are involved too.Amateur bike rider, father of three, and everyday public school teacher Matt Biers-Ariel never dreamed of riding a bike across the United States. No dancing with grandma or chanting traditional prayers? Something had to be done to celebrate this rite of passage.So Matt, his wife Djina, Yonah, and little brother Solomon decided to saddle up for a physical ride of passage one that would take them 3,804 miles by bicycle from the waters of the Pacific Ocean, ac