"There's a misconception within the observant community that girls are not given as much a place within the community as the boys. Although the boys do tend to study for their bar mitzvah and get this huge bar mitzvah, there is a concept of a bat mitzvah for a girl as well. However, the bat mitzvahs weren't getting as much attention, so the idea for the bat mitzvah club was to show the girls that their contributions to Judaism and their place in Judaism is so important, and that the only way to be able to instill that is to start a club, show it and teach it to the girls, so that they can understand their place in Judaism."