Cantor Axelrod is the author of Surviving Your Bar/Bat Mitzvah: The Ultimate Insider's Guide and Your Guide to the Jewish Holidays: From Shofar to Seder, and has been a regular columnist and contributor to the online Bar & Bat Mitzvah Guide. He has been a frequent presenter at synagogues, Jewish community centers, and conferences to speak to groups of parents and teens about the process of preparing for their B'nei Mitzvah and how to successfully navigate that period. Cantor Axelrod is a past member of the United Synagogue Commission on Jewish education, and currently serves as a national officer of the Cantors Assembly.