![]() ![]() ![]() Please go to /Baltimore or Library, a flagship program of the Harold Grinspoon Foundation (HGF), was launched with a humble beginning in 2005 in Western Massachusetts, sending children's books about Jewish holidays, culture, and values. Please register here: Īnd, if you know a Jewish child who is not yet signed up for PJ Library (birth to age 8) or “PJ Our Way,” please consider signing them up today! With incredible support from The Associated: Jewish Federation of Baltimore and our generous donors, we genuinely wish to offer this gift to EVERY Jewish child in Baltimore. This event is free and open to the community, but registration is required. 14th from 2-4: p.m., PJ Library will be celebrating its very own “Book Mitzvah.” The afternoon will be filled with lively music, bounce houses, lawn games, mitzvah- and book-related activities and more! With all that there is to be proud of as PJ Library approaches its 13th, year, it is clear that a celebration is in order. Since its creation, “PJ Our Way” has become an essential part of reaching Jewish tweens in Baltimore. This program offers older children the chance to choose books, get involved in planning programs for themselves, and prioritizes ownership and choice. ![]() In 2014, “PJ Our Way” launched in Baltimore, a program for children ages eight-and-a-half to 13 years old. While much of the attention surrounds the young families of PJ Library, there are many children who want to stay connected and reading well into their tweens and teens. The Community Connectors (there are 12), the Sababa Grandparents (there are five), the Russian-speaking Matryoshka Connectors (there are two) and the Camp Connector (there will soon be one) are changing the face of family engagement and Jewish experiences in Baltimore, one family and one relationship at a time. As part of the educational engagement department of CJE, PJ Library was instrumental in creating the CJE’s four-pronged connector model, which prioritizes families and community building in localized, personalized ways. It would be an understatement to say that PJ Library has changed the way families engage in Jewish life in Baltimore. And of course, there is Tot Shabbat, the weekly experience where families come together to sing songs, celebrate and meet new friends.Īt Tot Shabbat, families come together to sing songs, celebrate and meet new friends. PJ Library regularly holds holiday celebrations and partners on Jewish communal events with other Jewish agencies and synagogues. These experiences range from huge “PJ On the Town” extravaganzas to small intimate experiences and pop-ups designed for families to meet each other. Throughout these 13 years, PJ Library has created a number of community experiences for families. However, in this community, PJ Library - which is implemented as a family engagement program through the Macks Center for Jewish Education - is so much more. If this alone was the impact of PJ Library in Baltimore, the nearly 500,000 books that have been delivered to children since 2008, it would be enough. For participants, PJ Library offers the gift of free books that get delivered every month to their children, an experience of opening special packages and snuggling together at bedtime. She talks about bringing her own mother to PJ Library’s Tot Shabbat at the pool and feeling embraced and welcomed on her own terms.įor Tikvah, the welcome that PJ Library offered was a low barrier, loving and accepting one - a fertile ground for her Jewish family to grow and flourish.įor 13 years, PJ Library has been part of Jewish Baltimore, sharing Jewish stories and building memories and family experiences. She talks about the open, welcoming space, the fact that she did not grow up with these songs and how that did not matter. ![]() Tikvah Womack with her husband, Tzadik, and their two children. ![]()
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