Sloan’s Mitzvah Project: Art, Community, and Heart

A mitzvah project is a meaningful way for a young person becoming Bat Mitzvah to put Jewish values into action. It’s about responsibility, generosity, and showing up for your community in a real and lasting way.

Sloan’s mitzvah project is a beautiful reflection of who she is: creative, curious, and deeply thoughtful about how art can bring people together.

Sloan Takes On ART

This year, the Religious School art program at Bet Ha'am is being led by Morah Sloan. Sloan has planned and runs bi-monthly art sessions—there are 17 classes in total—reaching dozens of students with projects that blended creativity, Jewish learning, and kindness.

Students are exploring projects like mitzvah pizza, mini sukkahs, Hanukkah “selfie” menorahs, re-imagining the classroom tree for Tu B'Shvat, and creating cat toys, adoption posters, and fleece blankets for local animal shelters in honor of actions of Mitzvot (acts of kindness) and Tikkun Olam (repairing the world). Through these sessions, art becomes a way to celebrate Jewish culture, support organizations in need, and builds a joyful, thriving arts program at the school.

Why This Project Matters

Teaching art as her mitzvah project allowes Sloan to give back in a way that felt true to her passions. Through her leadership, students are gaining confidence, creativity, and connection; organizations received tangible support; and the school’s arts programming is thriving.

As Sloan prepares for her Bat Mitzvah, this project stands as a living example of what it means to grow into responsibility—with joy, imagination, and a whole lot of colorful flourishes!

Sloan’s teacher intro video and photos below.