B Mitzvah: The Newest Innovation of Jew

Your home. A backlot studio. The Baal Shem Tov Forest in the Galilee. A golf course. The Western Wall in Jerusalem. The beach. A community synagogue in Los Angeles. Open Temple creates sacred spaces in the world surrounding us. Read what was featured in the Jewish Journal about Open Temple’s customizable B Mitzvahs.

At Open Temple, each bar and bat mitzvah is an opportunity for our community to renew our Jewish Journeys and renew our vision through the lens of our bar or bat mitzvah – the newest innovation of Jew. Read what David Suissa wrote about an Open Temple Bar Mitzvah at the Museum of the Holocaust.

B Mitzvah also includes small group Hebrew lessons and access to our aleph-bet learning platform.

Classes, field trips, shabbats and other happenings for the 2024-25 school year are currently scheduled to take place on the dates listed below. Sunday classes are from 3:00 – 5:00 pm. Currently enrolled families, please refer to the Creative Torah Academy Google calendar which will be updated if any changes are made, and which has more detailed information.

School Fees:

Participation in Creative Torah Academy complements other Offerings in our community, and the outcomes impact the whole family. This requires that families become Open Temple Co-Creators before beginning CTA.

Our 2024-25 tuition rates are as follows:

Arts 36 (Kindergarten – 4th grade and 5th graders new to Creative Torah Academy): $900 plus Co-Creatorship.

Venice Yeshiva (Returning 5th graders and all 6th graders): $900 plus Co-Creatorship.

B Mitzvah (7th grade and up): $8,800 (returning students who have been enrolled in Venice Yeshiva) and $10,000 (students new to Creative Torah Academy). We also offer a Concierge B Mitzvah for those families with students unable to attend regular CTA and B Mitzvah classes.

Enrollment is open. For any questions, please reach out to hello@opentemple.org. If you’re ready to sign up or re-enroll: