public speaking

The nerve-wracking morning of a bar or bat mitzvah will eventually be all that\’s left standing between a student and his or her catered night of extravagant partying. The b\’nai mitzvah coach already has helped detangle the Hebrew and trope, but the pressure of reading the Torah portion and haftarah, as well as delivering a speech in front of hundreds of family members, friends and congregants, might make even a usually unassuming bimah look terrifying.