TWINNING:
MAKE YOUR CHILD’S B’NAI MITZVAH MORE MEANINGFUL

The Twinning Program pairs your B’nai Mitzvah child with one of the 1.5 million children who perished in the Holocaust. You’ll be given a page of testimony and the tools to discover details about the assigned child, such as their lives before and during the Holocaust, their family members and communities, and their aspirations and their fate.

Your child will learn about how their “twin” coped with harsh daily realities, responded to anti-Jewish policies, resisted death, and attempted to preserve their dignity despite the humiliation and suffering inflicted upon them.

This exercise brings to life a child who never had the chance to mark their own B’nai Mitzvah. The child being remembered will have something in common with the child celebrating: a birthday, a name or a place of origin.

A customized Twinning Kit containing the Page of Testimony of the "twin" and of their immediate family members, as well as a study guide and a special certificate acknowledging participation in the Twinning Program will be sent to the B’nai Mitzvah child. The Twinning Kit also includes a thumb drive containing a short tour of the Holocaust History Museum at Yad Vashem, filmed especially for this project.

Cost to Participate: $220 US

A TEACHING TOOL

Educators across Canada have also used the Twinning Program in their classrooms to teach about the Holocaust and help their students relate to these historical events. The CSYV office would be pleased to provide the pages of testimony for students and materials on how to use the testimonies in an age-appropriate way in the classroom. This is provided free of charge.