As you and your kids get ready to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, embrace the new year by trying new foods, tasting apples and honey, and finding fast and fun ways to sample the simanim, or symbolic foods associated with Rosh Hashanah.

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Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, is the perfect time to help kids create learn about, and make, their own resolutions for the new year.

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Tashlich – the casting away of sins on Rosh Hashannah – often involves throwing bread into running water. Since “human-food” like bread isn’t great for some wild-life to eat, here are some fun, environmentally friendly tashlich alternatives to try with your family.

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Turn reading for school or pleasure into a fun game with this printable reading bingo card.

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We at the Harold Grinspoon Foundation are excited to present the fourth cohort of PJ Library Implementing Partner Engagement Grant recipients, which have been awarded $188,500 in grants, ranging from $8,000-$25,000, to expand and deepen engagement opportunities for families raising Jewish children across North America.

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Your energetic five-year-old is ready for apples, honey, and saying Shanah Tovah, “Happy New Year!” These easy activities will channel your child’s excitement about the High Holidays while helping her learn more about the meaning of Rosh Hashanah.

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Are you eagerly awaiting the arrival of your PJ Library envelope? Here are the books going out to families this month. Click on any book cover or title to learn more about the story:

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It’s not as tricky as you might think!

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It’s time to get back into the lunch-packing routine—but you’re already out of ideas! Here are five, kid-friendly lunch time staples that are a snap to prepare.

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Tashlich, which literally translates to “casting off,” is a ceremony performed on the afternoon of the first day of Rosh Hashanah. Here are some ways that your entire family can participate in tashlich together.

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